JohnnyConga wrote: ...and Muslim influences on the music.and more...and he explains it too!...a
Thanks JC. Sounds like a great book and very comprehensive.
I'll look it up on Amazon.
Interesting what he says there about muslim influences on the music in Cuba.
When I was studying in la casa con el rumbero Chavalonga in La Habana he would begin some of the songs in the rumbas with the phrase
"As-Salāmu Alaykum" (Peace be upon you) which as you may already know is an Arabic phrase commonly used by Muslims as well as others.