The Sound of New York Latin Music
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The New York Sound of Latin Music by Ben Obenlapides
The new york soundoflatin musi was largely based on cuban music. Much of it was played by porto ricans, who formed the largest latin population in the city. It's also dominican, panamanian, columbia, mexican, jewish and even cowboy rigt ned. Ben obenlapides is a professor at john j college in manhattan,. An author of new york in the international sound of latin music. He's a leading expert on the cuban music form called change.
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