Breeding Quote by Ned Sublette

Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can't disentangle it from the history of the nation. the history of Cuban music…

— Ned Sublette

One often reads that the 1950s was the golden age of Cuban music, but it was really one long phase, from 1937 to 1958,…

— Ned Sublette

Black musicians rhythmicized the contredanse, creating musical styles which evolved into the habanera (also known as the tango) and, later, ragtime, as well as…

— Ned Sublette

A laborer might last ten years or so before expiring. But individual workers in the death camp of sugar were survived by their culture,…

— Ned Sublette

In 1942 Cachao wrote a tune for Arcao, 'Rareza de Melitn,' with a memorable catchy tumbao. In 1957 Arcao recorded a reworking of it…

— Ned Sublette

The general disinclination of Spain to accept slaves from Islamicized regions of Africa during the formative years of Hispano-American society had enormous consequences for…

— Ned Sublette

New Orleans is of such key importance to American music because historical factors combined to make it the strongest center of African musical practice…

— Ned Sublette

Miguelito, liberated from having to sing with Cugat, sounds like he just got out of jail and is letting it rip.

— Ned Sublette

A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for…

— Ned Sublette

The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'. If you think that…

— Ned Sublette

Up through and including Lincoln, American politicians nursed a fantasy of repatriating blacks to Africa.

— Ned Sublette

On occassion, slaves in Spanish New Orleans owned slaves, whose labor they could appropriate toward purchasing their own freedom, or whose ownership they could…

— Ned Sublette