¡mambo Mucho Mambo! the Dance That Crossed Color Lines
Hardcover – Picture Book, November 23, 2021
Candlewick Press · Hardcover · November 23, 2021
New York City’s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid picture-book tribute to Latin jazz, dance, and a ballroom that challenged segregation.
- Themes
- Mambo and Latin jazz history, Segregation and integration, Music crossing cultural boundaries
- Genres
- Jazz, Dance & Movement, Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)
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New York City’s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz. Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together . . . until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules.
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Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. Then the Palladium Ballroom issued a bold challenge to segregation and threw open its doors to all. Illustrated with verve and told through real-life characters who feature in an afterword, ¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! portrays the power of music and dance to transcend racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries.
Jazz Meets Mambo
A vivid picture-book tribute to Latin jazz, dance, and a ballroom that challenged segregation.
Come here for
- Jazz trumpets meeting maracas and congas
- Music and dance crossing racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries
Expect
- A lively 1940s New York setting
- Illustrations with verve and real-life figures in an afterword
Where it sits
| Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.) | 64% |
|---|---|
| Dance & Movement | 61% |
| Jazz | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)
- Jazz
- Dance & Movement
- Authors
- Dean Robbins
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- November 23, 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Mambo and Latin jazz history · Segregation and integration · Music crossing cultural boundaries
- Reading lane
- Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)