Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-girl Dance Band - Hardcover
Book by Ingrid Kummels' 'Alicia Castro
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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).
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- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1843542420
- ISBN 13 9781843542421
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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Anacaona: The Amazing Adventures of Cuba's First All-girl Dance Band
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ISBN 13: 9781843542421
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New, pristine, no markings. In 1932 Havana, young Cuchito Castro and her sisters start an all-girl dance band, an audacious idea in Cuba's male-dominated society. They are soon playing jazz, mambo, rumba, salsa, conga, cha-cha-cha all over town. Their fame grows and eventually Anacaona is performomg with jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. The author, born in 1920, was only 12 when she joined the band with her sisters. Profusely illustrated with photographs, and with the menu and drinks list from the old Hotel Pasaje. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Seller Inventory # 012891
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