Latin Violin: How to Play Salsa, Charanga and Latin Jazz Violin Paperback – November 14, 2020

I've bought this item initially because I was doing a gig a needed some latin material for the venue. Wanting to provide my Violin player with some ideas, he fell in love with the book and kept it. The second time I've bought it a guy at my church fell in love with it and I gave it to him as part of the pay for a gig we did. The 3rd and last time I bought it, was for my keepsake. This book is full of good Ideas, and I comnstantly use to write my latin jazz band arrangements. I also bought a companion CD that was available, and honestly speaking, you can't go wrong by getting youself a copy.

Incredible read!!

The enclosed Instructional CD is missing can it be sent to me?

I love them

This book has a lot of information about the history of Latin jazz violin and how to play it, as well as the people who perform on the CD. Unfortunately, there are very few actual solos of Latin jazz violin pieces. The pieces themselves are almost fine, but the CD is a huge disappointment.The composing is not very good. Every piece has a tempo marking, and the majority are in 4/4 time with a quarter note almost always 200 or more. This is incredibly strange, since most metronomes don't go past 208, and 240 is out of the question. I do not think the pieces are even played that quickly on the CD (although I haven't checked). It would be more intelligent to half the pieces in cut time, with a quarter note equaling 100.Also, a lot of the pieces in the book were very short, with no good ending. The CD just kind of faded out.The CD was REALLY disappointing...First of all, not even all of the pieces are on the CD. The ones that are are indicated, but about three of them are not on the CD. The creators did find it necessary, though, to put three solos NOT in the book on the CD. I do not see the point. It would have been fine if they had all the solos in the book on the CD, and then decided to add some other pieces for entertainment. I noticed that the pieces not on the CD were the slower pieces, while the more impressive, faster pieces were on the CD.Also, the violin part on the CD does not sound very good at all. The notes are fairly in tune, and the player can obviously play quickly, but the sound of the violin is unpleasant. It just sounds like a cheap violin on pretty cheap recording. You also sometimes have to listen for when the main violin comes in, since apparently there are other violins in the ensemble (although that usually isn't too hard, as the main violin is amplified more than the others).

It says "CD enclosed" on the cover, but the book does not have the CD.

It is indeed a wonderful book. As a violinist, trying to catch up and keep up with my Cuban musical colleagues has been quite a challenge. They know the lingo and have heard the rhythms since birth. And possibly before. This book has been a Rosetta Stone for me.

Fantastic contribution to the Afro-Cuban style for both beginner and expert jazz violinists. Highly recommend the ebook version!!