Peter Manuel - The Cuban Son is from Oriente -- Or is it? Revisiting Cuban Music History

Peter Manuel is a Professor of Music at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written extensively about popular and traditional musics of India, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. Three of his books have earned prestigious awards. An amateur sitarist, jazz pianist, and flamenco guitarist, he teaches seminars on Indian music, Latin American music, world popular music, aesthetics, and other topics.