Jazz has always been a genre built on the blending of disparate musical
cultures. Latin jazz illustrates this perhaps better than any other
style in this rich tradition, yet its cultural heritage has been all but
erased from narratives of jazz history. Told from the perspective of a
long-time jazz insider, Latin Jazz: The Other Jazz corrects the
record, providing a historical account that embraces the genre's
international nature and explores the dynamic interplay of economics,
race, ethnicity, and nationalism that shaped it.