Max Salazar was an American musicologist specializing in the history of Latin music.

His 2002 book "Mambo Kingdom: Latin Music In New York" (ISBN 0825672775) contains a number of articles about the Mambo legend Tito Puente

Tito Puente

Tito Puente, , born Ernesto Antonio Puente, was a Latin jazz and Salsa musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" and "The King of Latin Music"...

 and over 200 other dance articles for the Village Voice, Latin Times, Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

, etc.

He was a senior editor of the Latin Beat Magazine magazine and the contributing editor of the Impacto

Impacto

"Impacto" is the first single by Puerto Rican reggaeton performer Daddy Yankee from his fifth studio album El Cartel: The Big Boss. It was released on April 12, 2007 by El Cartel Records. "Impacto" was nominated for Song of the Year at the Premios Lo Nuestro 2008.-Song information:The song was...

magazine. He was a lecturer at the UCLA, Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...

and several colleges.

External links

• Obituary in All About Jazz
• Salazar, Max, "Joe Quijano: la Pachanga se baila así", Latin Beat Magazine, August, 1998
• Salazar, Max, "Gabriel Oller: Aguinaldos de Salsa - TT: Gabriel Oller: Salsa Music bonus", Latin Beat Magazine, March, 2000