❧ Building World Music Collections: Latin America Caribbean, South and Central America Liza Vick, Associate Editor for World Music, Basic Music Library, 4 th Edition MLA Annual Meeting, 2015 Denver, CO

Celia Cruz welcomes you to a whirlwind tour of BML4, Latin America Image from Celia Cruz’s website:

❧ ❧ Chapter 13: Traditional and Popular Music of the Americas and the Caribbean ❧ Drawing on the work of: ❧ Suzanne Flandreau ❧ Andrew Justice and Mark McKnight ❧ Rick McRae Highlights…

❧ ❧ Compiled by Rick McRae ❧ Areas covered: ❧ Salsa, Latin Jazz, and related styles: New York City, Miami, and Pan-Caribbean artists. ❧ Cuba ❧ Dominican Republic ❧ Haiti ❧ Jamaica ❧ Puerto Rico ❧ Trinidad and Tobago ❧ Other Caribbean islands, including: Bahamas, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) ❧ Style and influence: ❧ Salsa/Latin jazz popular worldwide, as are…. ❧ Reggae ❧ Steel band, calypso/soca, zouk Caribbean Popular and Traditional

❧ ❧ Cross-cultural styles and influences include : ❧ Creole, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Cuban ❧ Sources: ❧ Universal Music Group ❧ Reyes Records Reyes Records ❧ Rhyner’s Music Store in Trinidad Rhyner’s Music Store ❧ Parrot Fish Records and Tapes in the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas (tel: ) ❧ Background Research: ❧ Allmusic.com ❧ Garland Handbook of Latin American Music, edited by Dale A. Olsen and Daniel E. Sheehy (2 nd ed., Routledge, 2008) ❧ World Music: The Rough Guide, Vol. 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia, and Pacific, edited by Simon Broughton and Mark Ellingham (Rough Guides, 2000) Caribbean Popular and Traditional

❧ ❧ Types of releases: ❧ Commercial recordings are prevalent: ❧ Labels such as Sony, Fania, etc.Fania ❧ Samplers: World Music Network, Putumayo, Rhino, Rounder, Rough Guide, Rykodisc, Shanachie ❧ High profile artists (on a diversity of labels): ❧ Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Calypso Rose ❧ Selected ethnographic recordings such as: ❧ Alan Lomax in Haiti (2009, Harte Records, HR 103), 2009Harte Records ❧ Caribbean Revels (Smithsonian Folkways, CD SF 40402), 1991 Caribbean Popular and Traditional

❧ ❧ Compiled by Suzanne Flandreau ❧ Areas covered: ❧ Bahamas ❧ Carriacou Islands (Grenada) ❧ Cayman Islands ❧ Cuba ❧ Dominica ❧ Dominican Republic ❧ Grenada ❧ Guadeloupe ❧ Haiti ❧ Jamaica ❧ Martinique ❧ Puerto Rico ❧ Saint-Barthélemy ❧ Saint Kitts and Nevis ❧ Saint Lucia ❧ Trinidad and Tobago ❧ Virgin Islands Afro-Caribbean Traditional

❧ ❧ History and Interconnections: ❧ Colonial influence: ❧ European, indigenous, and African musics ❧ Creolization ❧ Local genres ❧ Types of recordings: ❧ Commercial issues of field recordings by ethnographers/scholars ❧ Nonesuch, Smithsonian Folkways ❧ Alan Lomax, Harold Courlander, etcetera ❧ Reissues of early commercial recordings ❧ Genres: Calypso, Merengue (hugely popular) ❧ Studio recordings by performers who keep traditional styles alive ❧ Specialist vendors Afro-Caribbean Traditional

❧ ❧ Challenges ❧ African Diaspora: Garifuna (prime example) Afro-Caribbean Traditional

❧ ❧ Compiled by Andrew Justice, Mark McKnight, and Tom Moore ❧ Areas covered: ❧ Central: ❧ Belize ❧ Costa Rica ❧ El Salvador ❧ Guatemala ❧ Honduras ❧ Nicaragua ❧ Panama Central & South America

❧ ❧ South: ❧ Andes Region ❧ Argentina ❧ Bolivia ❧ Brazil ❧ Chile ❧ Colombia ❧ Ecuador ❧ Ecuador and Bolivia ❧ Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil ❧ Ecuador and Peru ❧ French Guiana ❧ Paraguay ❧ Peru ❧ Suriname ❧ Uruguay ❧ Venezuela Central & South America

❧ ❧ Geographic and stylistic diversity ❧ Indigenous, African, and European influences: ❧ Garifuna (Belize, Honduras) ❧ Maya-Quiche (Guatemala) ❧ Tango (Argentina) ❧ Andean huayño ❧ Genre diversity ❧ Traditional regional/ethnic ❧ Popular: calypso, salsa, tango, cumbia, vallenato, and more Central & South America

❧ ❧ Types of recordings: ❧ Commercial issues of field recordings on: ❧ Major labels: ❧ Smithsonian Folkways ❧ Nonesuch ❧ Arhoolie ❧ Specialty labels: ❧ Discos Fuentes (Colombia) Discos Fuentes ❧ Sony Discos ❧ Warner Music Chile Central & South America

❧ ❧ Diaspora (e.g., Creole, Garifuna) ❧ Infectious styles with global influence on popular music (salsa, tango, reggae, etc.) ❧ Fluid and dynamic ❧ Doesn’t conform to geographical borders. Overarching Themes

❧ ❧ BML4 is forthcoming (image from Pulsamerica) Conclusion

❧ ❧ My (I can put you in touch with compilers): ❧ Liza Vick: Questions?