"Boogaloo" by Arthur Kempton, anyone?

johmbolaya

Visited Hastings today and while looking for a gift for my mom, I browsed through the music books and saw "Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music" by Arthur Kempton. I briefly browsed through it, but put it down despite its price ($5.95 for hardcover). Has anyone read this, and if so, thoughts? Is it a worthy read? Inform. This review praised it, but want to know what you all thought?http://bit.ly/ag8nsv

pickwick33

I remember it when it came out and cost a bit more than $5.95.

I recall thinking it was a better read than I thought it would be, but not enough to part w/$25 (or however much it was).

I'd say $5.95 is about the right price for it.

Unherd

I found it kinda disappointing. I honestly dont remember the specifics, other than that his conclusions and the way he tied it all together were pretty unconvincing.


And yes, I bought it because I saw it on sale for 5 bucks..

mannybolone

Just my pet peeve but Kempton literally devotes half a sentence to acknowledging Latin boogaloo which seemed quite strange, especially since Latin boogaloo's hybrid roots probably would have helped strengthed Kempton's thesis.

faux_rillz

Straight terd