Zouk: World Music in the West Indies (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE)

Guilbault, Jocelyne

 
9780226310428: Zouk: World Music in the West Indies (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE)

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With its irresistible dance beat, strong bass line, and straightforward harmonies and lyrics, zouk has become wildly popular in the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. This book―complete with a compact disc and numerous illustrations and musical examples―provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of this vibrant and infectious new music.

"This invigorating reference work and companion CD of the Antilles' sexy zouk dance sound will lift readers out of their easy chairs and their complacency about the nonreggae aspects of Caribbean pop. . . . [Zouk] is a landmark achievement."―Timothy White, Billboard

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Jocelyne Guilbault is professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Zouk: World Music in the West Indies.

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With its irresistible dance beat, strong bass line, and straightforward harmonies and lyrics, zouk has become wildly popular in the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe. This book provides a thorough introduction to the sound, lyrics, choreography, and social milieu of this vibrant and infectious new music.

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ISBN 10:  0226310418 ISBN 13:  9780226310411
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1993
Hardcover