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Bibliography

Manuel, Peter. Caribbean Currents:Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.

Roberts, John Storm. The Latin Tinge: The Impact of Latin American Music on the United States. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979.


Discography

Canario y Su Grupo. Plenas. Ansonia 1232. [CD]

Cepeda, Modesto. Raíces de Bomba y Plena. MCB9504.

Cortijo, Rafael. Las Plenas de Cortijo: Al Rescate del Folklore. 2002. [CD]

Cortijo, Rafael. Cortijo & His Time Machine/Y Su Maquina Del Tiempo, 1974.

Grupo Afro Boricua with William Cepeda. Bombazo. Blue Jackel, 1998. [CD]

Los Pleneros de la 21 and Conjunto Melodía. Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Mi Tierra Natal. Shanachie 5001.

Los Pleneros de la 21. Somos Boricuas/We Are Puerto Rican: Bomba y Plena en Nueva York. Henry Street, 1996. [CD]

Rivera, Mon and Willie Colon. There Goes the Neighborhood. Vaya VS-42, 1975; Re-issued 1992. [CD]

Rivera, Mon. Mon Y Sus Trombones. Vaya VS-54, 1976 ; Re-issued 1993. [CD]

FILMOGRAPHY

Rivera, Pedro and Susan Zelig. Plena is Work, Plena is Song. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, 1994.

 


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