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by Kevin Moore (Author)
At 130 pages, the fourth and final volume on the legendary Iván "Melón" Lewis is also the longest and most extensive, continuing the survey of his tumbaos and also including three full transcriptions and in-depth analyses of his playing style on introductions, cuerpos, fixed montuno sections, mambos and other parts of the arrangement. It also uses Issac Delgado's never-released live masterpiece La temática to launch our most in-depth study of the art of "controlled improvisation".
Author Biography
Kevin Moore is the editor of the world's largest Cuban music website, www.timba.com, and the author of the popular "Tomás Cruz Conga Method", a 3-volume series published by Mel Bay Publications, available on amazon.com, and used as textbook at various colleges and educational institutions. Kevin also produced, co-wrote, and played on the salsa CD "Salsa Gitana", available at latinpulsemusic.com. The CD reached the semi-final level in the 1998 Grammy Award process. The author has also written several "online books" on various aspects of Cuban music, available for free as a public service on www.timba.com.
