Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band download epub

by Ingrid Kummels,Steven T. Murray,Alicia Castro

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Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-girl Dance Band. Saxophonist Alicia, now 87, regales her niece Ingrid with tales of the sisters' romantic escapades, Havana nightlife and sensual melodic midnights

Alicia Castro was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba. playing with her sisters in their band, Anacaona. her memoir of the band emerged from countless conversations with her niece, Ingrid Kummels (the daughter of Anacaona's drummer, Millo) and Manfred Schafer.

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In her jubilant memoir, Queens of Havana, Alicia Castro tells of her incredible rise beyond her native city . Alicia Castro was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba and by the age of twelve was playing with her sisters in their band, Anacaona

In her jubilant memoir, Queens of Havana, Alicia Castro tells of her incredible rise beyond her native city, to international stardom-swinging alongside legends from Dizzy Gillespie and Celia Cruz to Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. In an age that insisted women be seen and not heard, Alicia Castro and her unstoppable sisters grabbed the world by the ears and got it dancing to their beat. Alicia Castro was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba and by the age of twelve was playing with her sisters in their band, Anacaona. The band retired in 1989 and Alicia lives with two of her sisters in the Lawton district of Havana.

The 1930s saw Havana undergoing a seismic cultural renaissance. Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-girl Dance Band. by Ingrid Kummels Alicia Castro and Alicia Castro.

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Alicia Castro's Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of the Legendary Anacaona, Cuba's First All-Girl Dance Band (Grove Press, 2007) is a history of the band which concentrates on the band's early period. A musical inspired by the sisters life and set at the time of the revolution in 1958 was produced by Youth Music Theatre UK in 2012.

Alicia Castro was born in 1920 in Havana, Cuba and was playing with Anacaona by the age of 12. The band retired in 1989. Alicia lives with two of her sisters in the Lawton district of Havana. Her memoir of the band emerged from conversations with her niece, Ingrid Kummels (the daughter of Anacaona's drummer, Milo). Country of Publication.

The 1930s saw Havana undergoing a seismic cultural renaissance. At night in the aires libres (open air cafes), tourists and foreign investors rubbed shoulders with the likes of Ernest Hemingway as they sipped cocktails, cavorted with Cuban beauties, and listened to suggestive melodies from Havana’s unmatched musical community. It was rare for women to attend, and unheard of for them to perform. But when greengrocer Matias Castro, father of thirteen, goes bankrupt, his eldest daughter has the idea of starting an all-girl band with her sistersan outrageous idea in macho Cuba, but a surefire money maker. Every evening, as the rum began to flow, Anacaona took to the stage to let ripjazz, mambo, rumba, and cha-chatheir infectious rhythms, cheeky lyrics, and sheer sex appeal conquer their audiences’ hearts. In this evocative memoir, saxophonist Alicia Castro, now in her eighties, looks back on the Havana of yesterday and the dazzling career of the dance band, from concerts in Paris and New York, to appearances with Dizzy Gillespie, Celia Cruz, Duke Ellington, and Cab Calloway. Spirited and conversational, Queens of Havana is a touching piece of hidden history guaranteed to set your heart racing and get your toes tapping!

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DABY

Queens of Havana is a book that all music lovers should pay attention to. It is very well written. It shows the struggle of a very altruistic family who made it in the midst of being so many children growing up together in in physical poverty, but with a very rich dreams. They had a very well established sense of belonging together. The patriarch came to Havana from a very poor country enviroment, and he believed in culture, he read and self-educated himself to become an extraordinary father of 11 daughters and two sons.
The old Anacaona band has all my respect and admiration. They reigned over different styles of Cuban and international repertoires.
Being born in 1956, I didn't have the privilege of listening to them, since their lives changed after the destructive and hateful dictatorship of the Castros took over. But boy....I would have loved to have danced to their music back in the pre-Castro years when Cuba was Cuba...and life was way more enjoyable (for Cubans, not only for tourists)!!!

Wilalmaine

The book is well written, with a complete history of the familiy, mixed-race parents (Chinese-Black) and a lot of daughters enough to form an orchestra that was the base for future generation of all-women orhestras to come. Life in Cuba during the 30's and further is depicted as well as the extensive travel to places all over the world.

Now, the pictures in the book is another story. There are plenty like I've never seen before, with them when young, with a lot of personalities like Alberto Socarras (famous flute player and orchestra director), Celia Cruz, Mario Bauza, in Cuba as well as overseas in nightclubs, theaters and many, many other places. The book is worth every penny just in the strength of the photographs and the price is a steal. This book really belongs to your library.

Ubranzac

This book meant to much to me I had to send a copy to my father. He is a Cuban musician that left Cuba as a teenager, before the revolution. He read it and told me he had seen Anacona many times. He was a delivery boy for a tailor in Havana and would often see them performing in the plaza. Even though I am not related to the sisters, it answered so many questions for me about my family history.

Armin

This book is a must read for anyone who is into the music and history of one of Cuba's most magical periods. The Castro sisters' music, energy and adventures are incredible. They went through time with some of the best that we also know; son musicians such as the Buena Vista Social Club members, Omara Portuondo, and many other Cuban greats, as well as jazz superstars from all over the world. What a treasure to have Alicia Castro record these memories!

Malara

A must own, must read book.
Superb photos, get the hard cover for under $9.00!
Great reading on a plane, train, bus, at the beach.

Moonworm

What a terrific journalistic find, a fantastic history of Hispanic women representing and maintaining the culture plus tradition of Cuban Jazz music

Queens of Havana: The Amazing Adventures of Anacaona, Cuba's Legendary All-Girl Dance Band download epub

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Author: Ingrid Kummels,Steven T. Murray,Alicia Castro
ISBN: 0802118569
Category: Arts & Photography
Subcategory: Music
Language: English
Publisher: Grove Press; First American Edition edition (October 28, 2007)
Pages: 400 pages

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