Max Salazar
American musicologist
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Max Salazar (April 17, 1932 – September 19, 2010) was an American musicologist specializing in the history of Latin music. He was a senior editor of the Latin Beat Magazine and the contributing editor of the Impacto magazine. He was a lecturer at the UCLA, Smithsonian Institution and several colleges.
He authored the 2002 book Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music in New York, a number of articles about mambo star Tito Puente, and over 200 other dance articles for magazines such as Village Voice, Latin Times, and Billboard.
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- [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_3_12/ai_86040805 "Max Salazar on TITO PUENTE - Entrevista"], by Joe Hernandez ''Latin Beat Magazine'', April 2002
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