Cuban Fusion

Surveying the impact of Cuba's economic crisis after the demise of the eastern socialist block, this book documents a relatively unexplored transnational network of collaborations among Cuban musicians that migrated to many different countries from the 1990s forward. The book's main argument is that in light of the 1990s crisis in Cuba, new transnational and alternative narratives emerged, resulting in creative in-between spaces that reflect a post- socialist aesthetic condition. The manuscript also documents important developments in the Cuban jazz and fusion scenes outside the island in the last 20+ years..

Studies the transnational Cuban alternative music scene Documents important developments in the Cuban and international jazz and fusion scenes in the last 20 years Identifies the impacts the fall of the USSR had on Cubans and Cuban music scenes in the 1990s

Autorentext
Eva Silot Bravo has a PhD in Cultural Studies, Spanish and Literatures from The University of Miami (FL, USA). She has taught at University of Miami, Barry University, Miami Dade Public School System, The Branson School in Ross, CA and currently at Oakland School for the Arts in Oakland, CA. In United Nations she represented Cuba and developing countries (G77).

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Towards a Post-National Cuban Imaginary: Theoretical and Historical Context.- Chapter 3 Cubanidad in-between: the Transnational Cuban Alternative Music Scene (TCAMS).- Chapter 4 TCAMS and the Music Industry.- Chapter 5 Conclusions- Cuban Fusion Music across Borders.