Barrio Rhythm

by Loza, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780252062889
• ISBN10: 0252062884
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Drawing from oral histories and other primary sources, as well as from appropriate representative songs, Loza provides a historical overview of the music from the nineteenth-century to the present and offers in-depth profiles of nine Mexican-American artists, groups, and entrepreneurs in Southern California from post-World War II era to the present.

Author Biography

Steven Loza is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xvii
History
Society and Music in Mexican Los Angeles	p. 3
Independence from Spain
U.S. Annexation
Mexican Transition 1848-1900
Early Twentieth Century Los Angeles
Growth, Industrialization, and the Early Radio and Recording Industries
Repatriation 1931-34
Wartime
Barrio Rhythm: Social Development since the Postwar Period	p. 41
The Postwar Years
The Chicano Movement
The 1980s
A Chronicle of Musical Life: Los Angeles, 1945-90	p. 54
1945-50
The 1950s
The Nightclub Circuit
The Recording Industry
The Eastside Sound
Institutional and Media Development
Conclusion
Jazz and Fusion Musicians
Ethnography
Profiles of the Artists: The War Veterans	p. 131
John Ovalle: Selling Records on Whittier Boulevard
Andy Russell: Crooner from Boyle Heights
Eddie Cano: Memories of a Pianist
Lalo Guerrero: Musician, Satirist, and Legend
Profiles of the Artists: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag	p. 185
Teresa Covarrubias: The Wolf and the Lamb
Poncho Sanchez: Conguero
Irma Rangel: Angel Warrior
Los Illegals: Punk, Politics, and Latin Angst
Los Lobos: Just Another Band from East L.A.
Reflections
Change, Conflict, and Childhoods	p. 259
Enculturation
The Formation of Style
Intercultural Conflict
Reflections of a Homeboy	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 287
Discography	p. 299
Index	p. 303
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