TRAVELS WITH MY TROMBONE Henry Shukman - A CARIBBEAN JOURNEY

This is a used travel book in good, read condition: has been read several times; curled corners and edge wear; pages are clean and browning with age. A little worn and aged but a solid reading copy of a scarce book. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: From the siesta to fiesta, the lifeblood of the Caribbean is in the rhythms of the salsa, calypso and zouk. The author of this book left London for Trinidad seeking to tap some of this bravura by joining a salsa band - the heart of the islands - and this book tells of his experiences. Caught in the exhilaration of carnival in Port of Spain, jamming with a police band in Grenada, witness to the thunderous drumming in the invocation of the god Shango in Trinidad and learning an unfamiliar style of zouk for a one-night stand in Dominica, Shukman's quest to share the musical roots of the people of the islands uncovered a world of powerful eroticism, ritual and mysticism. And on the mainland, the then travel-hardened Shukman was hurled into another world of carnival in the Colombian salsa capital Cali, sang the vallenato in the plaza of the northern town of La Gloria and was awoken in Cartegena to the nightmare of being falsely arrested as a supsected drug trafficker.

Book Details

Code: SKU1360

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 252

Published: 1993 by Flamingo, UK

ISBN: 0006376096

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