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9781941393963 English 1941393969 A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader., The very real but unlikely story of a Jewish kid from Brooklyn who--through a truly unusual series of events--became a Latin music legend. His is an unlikely story. A musical story. A New York story. A spiritual story. An amazing improbable journey that crosses cultural borders. The story of Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," (The Marvelous Jew) who grew up in one world--a Yiddish-speaking Jewish household in Brooklyn--and ventured into another, far different one, pre-Castro Cuba. Born Lawrence Ira Kahn, Harlow comes from a family of musicians. His mother was an opera singer; his grandfather played piano for silent films and in the Yiddish theater; and his father was a vaudevillian and orchestra leader who used the stage name Buddy Harlowe, and for many years led the house band at the Latin Quarter nightclub. It was summering at Jewish camps in the Catskills as a young boy where Harlow first acquired a taste for clave. He enrolled at Brooklyn College to study music, but his love for Latin culture and sound eventually led him to pre-Castro Havana, where he attended music classes by day and hung out in clubs and dance halls at night. When dangerous circumstances forced Harlow to leave Havana, he took with him a treasure trove of tapes and a deeper understanding of music with African roots and spiritual rhythms. He returned to a New York of John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg, bringing with him the sounds and music that no one else was playing. He was signed by Fania Records, a fledgling label that would become the Motown of Latin music, in large measure due to Larry's role as its creative architect. There, as both a recording artist and record producer, he combined his strong classical and jazz background with his love of Cuban music, and became one of the creators of a unique New York sound that would captivate the world, and become known as salsa. With his groundbreaking salsa opera "Hommy," Harlow helped rejuvenate the career of Celia Cruz. His influence, however, did not stop there. He has inspired successful Cuban musicians including Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. This is, simply put, the unlikely tale of how a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grew up to become a Latin music legend., The very real but unlikely story of a Jewish kid from Brooklyn who-through a truly unusual series of events-became a Latin music legend. His is an unlikely story. A musical story. A New York story. A spiritual story. An amazing improbable journey that crosses cultural borders. The story of Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," (The Marvelous Jew) who grew up in one world-a Yiddish-speaking Jewish household in Brooklyn-and ventured into another, far different one, pre-Castro Cuba. Born Lawrence Ira Kahn, Harlow comes from a family of musicians. His mother was an opera singer; his grandfather played piano for silent films and in the Yiddish theater; and his father was a vaudevillian and orchestra leader who used the stage name Buddy Harlowe, and for many years led the house band at the Latin Quarter nightclub. It was summering at Jewish camps in the Catskills as a young boy where Harlow first acquired a taste for clave. He enrolled at Brooklyn College to study music, but his love for Latin culture and sound eventually led him to pre-Castro Havana, where he attended music classes by day and hung out in clubs and dance halls at night. When dangerous circumstances forced Harlow to leave Havana, he took with him a treasure trove of tapes and a deeper understanding of music with African roots and spiritual rhythms. He returned to a New York of John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg, bringing with him the sounds and music that no one else was playing. He was signed by Fania Records, a fledgling label that would become the Motown of Latin music, in large measure due to Larry's role as its creative architect. There, as both a recording artist and record producer, he combined his strong classical and jazz background with his love of Cuban music, and became one of the creators of a unique New York sound that would captivate the world, and become known as salsa. With his groundbreaking salsa opera Hommy , Harlow helped rejuvenate the career of Celia Cruz. His influence, however, did not stop there. He has inspired successful Cuban musicians including Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. This is, simply put, the unlikely tale of how a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grew up to become a Latin music legend., The very real but unlikely story of a Jewish kid from Brooklyn whothrough a truly unusual series of eventsbecame a Latin music legend. His is an unlikely story. A musical story. A New York story. A spiritual story. An amazing improbable journey that crosses cultural borders. The story of Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," (The Marvelous Jew) who grew up in one worlda Yiddish-speaking Jewish household in Brooklynand ventured into another, far different one, pre-Castro Cuba. Born Lawrence Ira Kahn, Harlow comes from a family of musicians. His mother was an opera singer; his grandfather played piano for silent films and in the Yiddish theater; and his father was a vaudevillian and orchestra leader who used the stage name Buddy Harlowe, and for many years led the house band at the Latin Quarter nightclub. It was summering at Jewish camps in the Catskills as a young boy where Harlow first acquired a taste for clave. He enrolled at Brooklyn College to study music, but his love for Latin culture and sound eventually led him to pre-Castro Havana, where he attended music classes by day and hung out in clubs and dance halls at night. When dangerous circumstances forced Harlow to leave Havana, he took with him a treasure trove of tapes and a deeper understanding of music with African roots and spiritual rhythms. He returned to a New York of John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg, bringing with him the sounds and music that no one else was playing. He was signed by Fania Records, a fledgling label that would become the Motown of Latin music, in large measure due to Larry's role as its creative architect. There, as both a recording artist and record producer, he combined his strong classical and jazz background with his love of Cuban music, and became one of the creators of a unique New York sound that would captivate the world, and become known as salsa. With his groundbreaking salsa opera Hommy , Harlow helped rejuvenate the career of Celia Cruz. His influence, however, did not stop there. He has inspired successful Cuban musicians including Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. This is, simply put, the unlikely tale of how a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grew up to become a Latin music legend.
9781941393963 English 1941393969 A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader., The very real but unlikely story of a Jewish kid from Brooklyn who--through a truly unusual series of events--became a Latin music legend. His is an unlikely story. A musical story. A New York story. A spiritual story. An amazing improbable journey that crosses cultural borders. The story of Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," (The Marvelous Jew) who grew up in one world--a Yiddish-speaking Jewish household in Brooklyn--and ventured into another, far different one, pre-Castro Cuba. Born Lawrence Ira Kahn, Harlow comes from a family of musicians. His mother was an opera singer; his grandfather played piano for silent films and in the Yiddish theater; and his father was a vaudevillian and orchestra leader who used the stage name Buddy Harlowe, and for many years led the house band at the Latin Quarter nightclub. It was summering at Jewish camps in the Catskills as a young boy where Harlow first acquired a taste for clave. He enrolled at Brooklyn College to study music, but his love for Latin culture and sound eventually led him to pre-Castro Havana, where he attended music classes by day and hung out in clubs and dance halls at night. When dangerous circumstances forced Harlow to leave Havana, he took with him a treasure trove of tapes and a deeper understanding of music with African roots and spiritual rhythms. He returned to a New York of John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg, bringing with him the sounds and music that no one else was playing. He was signed by Fania Records, a fledgling label that would become the Motown of Latin music, in large measure due to Larry's role as its creative architect. There, as both a recording artist and record producer, he combined his strong classical and jazz background with his love of Cuban music, and became one of the creators of a unique New York sound that would captivate the world, and become known as salsa. With his groundbreaking salsa opera "Hommy," Harlow helped rejuvenate the career of Celia Cruz. His influence, however, did not stop there. He has inspired successful Cuban musicians including Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. This is, simply put, the unlikely tale of how a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grew up to become a Latin music legend., The very real but unlikely story of a Jewish kid from Brooklyn who-through a truly unusual series of events-became a Latin music legend. His is an unlikely story. A musical story. A New York story. A spiritual story. An amazing improbable journey that crosses cultural borders. The story of Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," (The Marvelous Jew) who grew up in one world-a Yiddish-speaking Jewish household in Brooklyn-and ventured into another, far different one, pre-Castro Cuba. Born Lawrence Ira Kahn, Harlow comes from a family of musicians. His mother was an opera singer; his grandfather played piano for silent films and in the Yiddish theater; and his father was a vaudevillian and orchestra leader who used the stage name Buddy Harlowe, and for many years led the house band at the Latin Quarter nightclub. It was summering at Jewish camps in the Catskills as a young boy where Harlow first acquired a taste for clave. He enrolled at Brooklyn College to study music, but his love for Latin culture and sound eventually led him to pre-Castro Havana, where he attended music classes by day and hung out in clubs and dance halls at night. When dangerous circumstances forced Harlow to leave Havana, he took with him a treasure trove of tapes and a deeper understanding of music with African roots and spiritual rhythms. He returned to a New York of John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg, bringing with him the sounds and music that no one else was playing. He was signed by Fania Records, a fledgling label that would become the Motown of Latin music, in large measure due to Larry's role as its creative architect. There, as both a recording artist and record producer, he combined his strong classical and jazz background with his love of Cuban music, and became one of the creators of a unique New York sound that would captivate the world, and become known as salsa. With his groundbreaking salsa opera Hommy , Harlow helped rejuvenate the career of Celia Cruz. His influence, however, did not stop there. He has inspired successful Cuban musicians including Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. This is, simply put, the unlikely tale of how a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grew up to become a Latin music legend., The very real but unlikely story of a Jewish kid from Brooklyn whothrough a truly unusual series of eventsbecame a Latin music legend. His is an unlikely story. A musical story. A New York story. A spiritual story. An amazing improbable journey that crosses cultural borders. The story of Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," (The Marvelous Jew) who grew up in one worlda Yiddish-speaking Jewish household in Brooklynand ventured into another, far different one, pre-Castro Cuba. Born Lawrence Ira Kahn, Harlow comes from a family of musicians. His mother was an opera singer; his grandfather played piano for silent films and in the Yiddish theater; and his father was a vaudevillian and orchestra leader who used the stage name Buddy Harlowe, and for many years led the house band at the Latin Quarter nightclub. It was summering at Jewish camps in the Catskills as a young boy where Harlow first acquired a taste for clave. He enrolled at Brooklyn College to study music, but his love for Latin culture and sound eventually led him to pre-Castro Havana, where he attended music classes by day and hung out in clubs and dance halls at night. When dangerous circumstances forced Harlow to leave Havana, he took with him a treasure trove of tapes and a deeper understanding of music with African roots and spiritual rhythms. He returned to a New York of John Coltrane, Bob Dylan, and Allen Ginsberg, bringing with him the sounds and music that no one else was playing. He was signed by Fania Records, a fledgling label that would become the Motown of Latin music, in large measure due to Larry's role as its creative architect. There, as both a recording artist and record producer, he combined his strong classical and jazz background with his love of Cuban music, and became one of the creators of a unique New York sound that would captivate the world, and become known as salsa. With his groundbreaking salsa opera Hommy , Harlow helped rejuvenate the career of Celia Cruz. His influence, however, did not stop there. He has inspired successful Cuban musicians including Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, and many, many more. This is, simply put, the unlikely tale of how a Jewish kid from Brooklyn grew up to become a Latin music legend.