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Buena Vista Social Club

Background information
Origin Flag of Cuba Cuba
Flag of United States United States
Genre(s) Son
Bolero
Guajira
Years active 1996 — Present
Label(s) World Circuit / Nonesuch Records
Members
Luis Barzaga (backing vocals)
Orlando "Cachaito" López (double bass)
Joachim Cooder (drums)
Ry Cooder (guitar)
Juan de Marcos González (guitar, vocals, percussion)
Manuel Galbán (guitar)
Carlos González (bongos)
Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal (trumpet)
Eliades Ochoa (vocals, guitar)
Julienne Oviedo Sanchez (timbales)
Omara Portuondo (vocals)
Salvador Repilado Labrada
Barbarito Torres (laoud)
Amadito Valdés (percussion)
Former members
Manuel "Puntillita" Licea (vocals) (d. 2000)
Compay Segundo (vocals, tres) (d. 2003)
Rubén González (piano) (d. 2003)
Ibrahim Ferrer (vocals) (d. 2005)
Pío Leyva (vocals) (d. 2006)
Anga Díaz (percussion) (d.2006)

The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s. In the 1990s, nearly 40 years after the club was closed, it inspired a recording made by Cuban musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians, some of whom were veterans who had performed at the club during the height of its popularity. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (704x704, 33 KB)[edit] Summary album cover [edit] Licensing This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... With roots on the island of Cuba, Son Cubano is a style of music that became popular in the second half of the 19th century in the eastern province of Oriente. ... The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ... Punto Guajiro (also called Punto Cubano),with its Andalucian origins, has been evolving in Cuba since the 1700s, is the country music from the Western and Central provinces of Cuba. ... See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // January 8 - Madonnas stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill the singer. ... The present is the time that is perceived directly, not as a recollection or a speculation. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... World Circuit is a famous world music record label, specialising in Cuban and West African recording artists[1], among other international ethnic music stars. ... Nonesuch Records is currently allied with Warner Bros. ... Orlando Cachiato López (Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933) is a Cuban bassist. ... Ryland Ry Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American roots music and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. ... Juan de Marcos González is a latin drummer and one of the driving forces behind the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Los Zafiros (English: The Sapphires) were a Cuban vocal group formed in 1962. ... Born on 5th May 1933 and christened Luis Manuel Mirabal Vazquez, he is known professionally as Guajiro - a playful term best translated as country bumpkin or rustic. It was Tito Gómez who gave it to me Guajiro explains. ... Elíades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer born in Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago on June 22, 1946. ... Omara Portuondo (born October, 1930) is a Cuban singer. ... Barbarito Torres One of the many unforgettable musical moments on The Buena Vista Social Club album is “Barbarito” Torres’ laúd solo on “El Cuarto de Tula. ... Amadito Valdés Valdés has studied at the Havana Conservatoire and with maestros Guillermo Barreto and Alfredo de los Reyes. ... Manuel Puntillita Licea (January 4, 1927 – December 4, 2000) was a Cuban singer most active in the 1940s and 50s, who gained international attention when he joined other elderly Cuban musicians and American guitarist Ry Cooder to form the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ... The Tres is a 3 course chordophone which was created in Cuba. ... Introducing. ... Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban musician in Cuba. ... Pío Leyva. ... Miguel Angá Díaz (15 June 1961 - 9 August 2006), was a Grammy Award winning Cuban percussionist. ... This article is about clubs referring to a particular organization of people. ... Nickname: Position of Havana in Cuba Coordinates: Country Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Founded 1515 Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from the start of 1990 to the end of 1999. ... The Caribbean island of Cuba has been influential in the development of multiple musical styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. ... Juan de Marcos González is a latin drummer and one of the driving forces behind the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Ryland Ry Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American guitarist, singer and composer, known for his slide guitar work, his interest in the American roots music and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. ...


The recording, named Buena Vista Social Club after the Havana institution, became an international success, and the ensemble was encouraged to perform with a full line-up in Amsterdam in 1998. German film director Wim Wenders captured the performance followed by a second concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City for a documentary film that was accompanied by interviews with the musicians conducted in Havana. Wenders's film, also called Buena Vista Social Club, was released to critical acclaim, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary feature and winning numerous accolades including Best Documentary at the European Film Awards. Buena Vista Social Club is an album featuring Cuban music. ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, and producer. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Buena Vista Social Club (1999) is a documentary film by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. ... The European Movie Awards are the most prestigious paneuropean movie awards. ...


The success of both the album and film sparked a revival of international interest in traditional Cuban music and Latin American music in general. Some of the Cuban performers later released well received solo albums and recorded collaborations with international stars from different musical genres. The "Buena Vista Social Club" name became an umbrella term to describe these performances and releases, and has been likened to a brand label that encapsulates Cuba's "musical golden age" between the 1930s and 1950s. The new success was fleeting for the most recognizable artists in the ensemble: Compay Segundo, Rubén González, and Ibrahim Ferrer, who died at the ages of ninety-five, eighty-four, and seventy-eight respectively; Segundo and González in 2003, then Ferrer in 2005. Latin American music, sometimes simply called Latin music, includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties, from the simple, rural conjunto music of northern Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving Andean flute. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... // Recovering from World War I and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ... Introducing. ... Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban musician in Cuba. ...

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Social club

The Buena Vista Social Club was a members-only club in the Buena Vista barrio, near the prestigious Miramar district in Cuba's capital Havana. According to Juan Cruz, a former master of ceremonies at the Salon Rosado Benny Moré nightclub in Havana, the club was located "on Calle 41 between 46 and 48".[1] When musicians Ry Cooder, Compay Segundo and a film crew attempted to identify the location of the club in the 1990s, local people couldn't agree on where it had stood.[2] Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district. ... Miramar, Ciudad de La Habana is an upscale district in the municipality of Playa in the city of Havana. ... Nickname: Position of Havana in Cuba Coordinates: Country Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Founded 1515 Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC (sometimes spelled emcee), sometimes called a compere or an MJ for microphone jockey, is the host of an official public or private staged event or other performance. ... Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ...


The club was run along the lines of a Cabildo, a community cofradía (fraternity or guild) dating back to Spanish colonialism. Cabildos in Cuba developed into Sociedades de Color, social clubs whose membership was determined by ethnicity, at a time when slavery and racial discrimination against Afro-Cubans was institutionalized.[3] Sociedades de Negros (Black Societies) existed throughout Cuba, and Havana boasted a number of closely linked organizations including the Marianao Social Club, Union Fraternal, Club Atenas — whose members included doctors and engineers — and the Buena Vista Social Club itself.[1] Cabildos de nación were African ethnic associations created in Cuba in the late 1500s based on the Spanish cofradías (guilds or fraternities) that were organized in Seville for the first time around the XIV century. ... A fraternal organization, sometimes also known as a fraternity, is an organization that represents the relationship between its members as akin to brotherhood. ... For the guitar manufacturer, see Guild Guitar Company. ... The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Western Hemisphere of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) in 1492. ... An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population of human beings whose members identify with each other, usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry (Smith 1987). ... The Afro-Cubans were a latin jazz band founded by Machito in 1940; often billed as Machito and his Afro-Cubans. ... Institutional racism (or structural racism or systemic racism) is a theoretical form of racism that occurs in institutions such as public bodies and corporations, including universities. ... Marianao is a town and municipality in the province of the city of Havana, Cuba, 6 miles southwest of the city of Havana, with which it is connected by the Marianao railway. ...


According to American guitarist Ry Cooder,

“ Society in Cuba and in the Caribbean including New Orleans, as far as I know, was organized around these fraternal social clubs. There were clubs of cigar wrappers, clubs for baseball players and they’d play sports and cards — whatever it is they did in their club — and they had mascots, like dogs. At the Buena Vista Social Club, musicians went there to hang out with each other, like they used to do at musicians’ unions in the U.S., and they’d have dances and activities.[2] ”
West Havana where the Buena Vista Social Club once stood. Attempts to identify the exact location of the club during Wim Wenders's film were unsuccessful.
West Havana where the Buena Vista Social Club once stood. Attempts to identify the exact location of the club during Wim Wenders's film were unsuccessful.

Prominent musicians that performed at the club during the 1930s and 40s include bassist Cachao López and bandleader Arsenio Rodríguez. Rodríguez's pianist Rubén González, who played piano on the 1990s recordings, described the 1940s as "an era of real musical life in Cuba, where there was very little money to earn, but everyone played because they really wanted to".[4] The era saw the birth of the jazz influenced mambo, the charanga, and dance forms such as the pachanga and the cha-cha-cha, as well as the continued development of traditional Afro-Cuban musical styles such as rumba and son, the latter transformed with the use of additional instruments by Arsenio Rodríguez to become son montuno.[5] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 585 pixels Full resolution (2199 × 1608 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 585 pixels Full resolution (2199 × 1608 pixel, file size: 1. ... Nickname: Position of Havana in Cuba Coordinates: Country Cuba Province Ciudad de La Habana Founded 1515 Government  - Mayor Juan Contino Aslán Area  - City 721. ... Israel Cachao López (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as Cachao (pronounced kuh-CHOW) was a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. ... Ignacio de Loyola Rodríguez Scull, known as Arsenio Rodríguez (August 30, 1911 - December 31, 1971) was a Cuban musician who developed the son montuno. ... Introducing. ... Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. ... A charanga is a Cuban orchestra composed of piano, strings, vocals, flute and Cuban musical style characterized by this kind of orchestration. ... Pachanga is a type of Latin American music and dance originating from Cuba in the 1960s. ... For the dance, see Cha-cha-cha (dance). ... The term Afro-Cuban refers to Cubans of African ancestry, and to historical or cultural elements in Cuba thought to emanate from this community. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... With roots on the island of Cuba, Son Cubano is a style of music that became popular in the second half of the 19th century in the eastern province of Oriente. ... Arsenio Rodríguez initially developed son montuno from son. ...


Shortly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, new Cuban President Manuel Urrutia Lleó, a devout Christian, began a program of closing all gambling outlets, nightclubs, and other establishments associated with Havana's hedonistic reputation. This had an immediate impact on the livelihoods of local entertainers.[6] As the Cuban government rapidly shifted towards socialism and an effort to build a "classless and colorblind society", it struggled to define policy toward forms of cultural expression in the black community; expressions which had implicitly emphasized cultural differences.[7] Consequently, the cultural and social centers were abolished, including the Afro-Cuban mutual aid Sociedades de Color in 1962, to make way for racially integrated societies.[8][1] Private festivities were limited to weekend parties and their funds were confiscated.[9] The measures meant the closure of the Buena Vista Social Club.[3] Although the Cuban government continued to support traditional music after the revolution, favor was given to the politically charged nueva trova, and poetic singer-songwriters such as Silvio Rodríguez. The emergence of pop music and salsa, a style derived from Cuban music but developed in the United States, meant that son music fell further out of favor with Cubans.[10] The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolutionary war in Cuba culminating in the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista’s government on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement and other revolutionary elements in the country. ... This page contains a list of presidents of Cuba. ... Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901 - 1981) was a Cuban political figure. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... Nueva trova was a movement in Cuban music that emerged in the mid-1960s. ... Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born November 29, 1946 in San Antonio de los Baños) is a Cuban musician, and a leader of the nueva trova movement. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos. ...


Album

Main article: Buena Vista Social Club (album)
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In 1996, American guitarist Ry Cooder had been invited to Havana by British world music producer Nick Gold of World Circuit Records to record a session where two African High-life musicians from Mali were to collaborate with Cuban musicians.[2] On Cooder's arrival (via Mexico to avoid the ongoing U.S. trade and travel embargo against Cuba),[11] it transpired that the musicians from Africa had not received their visas and were unable to travel to Havana. Cooder and Gold changed their plans and decided to record an album of Cuban son music with local musicians.[2] Buena Vista Social Club is an album featuring Cuban music. ... Image File history File links Chan_Chan. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... UK Single Cover for Chan Chan from Buena Vista Social Club. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... World Circuit is a famous world music record label, specialising in Cuban and West African recording artists[1], among other international ethnic music stars. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Highlife is a type of music that originated in Ghana near the end of the 19th century and spread to other West African English-speaking countries. ... Billboards carrying messages attacking the United States government can be seen all over Cuba. ... With roots on the island of Cuba, Son Cubano is a style of music that became popular in the second half of the 19th century in the eastern province of Oriente. ...


Already on board the African collaboration project were Cuban musicians including bassist Orlando "Cachaito" López, guitarist Eliades Ochoa and musical director Juan de Marcos González, who had himself been organizing a similar project for the Afro-Cuban All Stars. A search for additional musicians led the team to singer Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, pianist Rubén González and octogenarian singer Compay Segundo, who all agreed to record for the project.[2] Orlando Cachiato López (Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933) is a Cuban bassist. ... Elíades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer born in Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago on June 22, 1946. ... Juan de Marcos González is a latin drummer and one of the driving forces behind the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Afro-Cuban All-Stars is a Cuban band led by Juan de Marcos Gonz lez (formerly drummer for Sierra Maestra). ... Manuel Puntillita Licea (January 4, 1927 – December 4, 2000) was a Cuban singer most active in the 1940s and 50s, who gained international attention when he joined other elderly Cuban musicians and American guitarist Ry Cooder to form the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Introducing. ... Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ...


Within three days of the project's birth, Cooder, Gold and de Marcos had organized a large group of performers and arranged for recording sessions to commence at Havana's EGREM Studios, formerly owned by RCA records, where the equipment and atmosphere had remained unchanged since the 1950s.[12] Communication between the Spanish and English speakers at the studio was conducted via an interpreter, although Cooder reflected that "musicians understand each other through means other than speaking".[2] EGREM (Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales; spanish for musical recording and publishing company) is a Cuban label, located in Havana. ... RCAs logo as seen today on many products. ... // Recovering from World War I and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ...


The album was recorded in just six days and contained fourteen tracks; opening with "Chan Chan" written by Compay Segundo, a four chord son that was to become what Cooder described as "the Buena Vista's calling card";[13] and ending with a rendition of "La Bayamesa", a traditional Cuban patriotic song (not to be confused with the Cuban national anthem of the same name).[14] The sessions also produced material for the subsequent release, Introducing... Rubén González, which showcased the work of the Cuban pianist.[11] UK Single Cover for Chan Chan from Buena Vista Social Club. ... Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ... With roots on the island of Cuba, Son Cubano is a style of music that became popular in the second half of the 19th century in the eastern province of Oriente. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nations government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people. ... El Himno de Bayamo (The Bayamo Anthem) is the national anthem of Cuba. ...

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    • 30 second sample from Buena Vista Social Club' from the 1997 album of the same name, featuring the piano playing of Rubén González. The song was the Havana club's "mascot tune" in the 1940s.
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One of the songs that featured on the album was "Buena Vista Social Club", a song written by bass player "Cachaíto"’s father, Orestes López.[2] The song spotlighted the piano work of Rubén González and it was recorded after Cooder heard González improvising around the tune's musical theme before a day's recording session. After playing the piece, González explained to Cooder the history of the social club and that the song was the club's "mascot tune".[2] When searching for a name for the overall project, manager Nick Gold chose the song's title. According to Cooder, Image File history File links Buena_Vista_Social_Club_-_Buena_Vista_Social_Club. ... Software development stages In computer programming, development stage terminology expresses how the development of a piece of software has progressed and how much further development it may require. ... Orestes López (1908-1991) was a Cuban musician and bandleader, often credited with popularizing the musical form Mambo, alongside his brother Israel Cachao Lopez. ...

“ It should be the thing that sets it apart. It was a kind of club by then. Everybody was hanging out and we had rum and coffee around two in the afternoon. It felt like a club, so let’s call it that. That’s what gave it a handle.[2] ”

Upon release on September 17, 1997, the CD became a huge "word of mouth hit", far beyond that of most world music releases.[15][16] It sold more than five million copies and won a Grammy award in 1998.[17] In 2003 it was listed by the New York based Rolling Stone magazine as #260 in The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[15] September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NY redirects here. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Promotional Book Cover The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...


Musicians

Tres player and singer Compay Segundo, a prominent figure in the ensemble, in 2002, a year before his death at the age of 95. Born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz but given the nickname Segundo (second), he was traditionally a "second voice" singer providing a baritone counterpoint harmony. On the Buena Vista Social Club recording, Segundo provides both voices on the song "Y Tú Qué Has Hecho", written in the 1920s by his friend Eusebio Delfín. (sample (help·info)).
Tres player and singer Compay Segundo, a prominent figure in the ensemble, in 2002, a year before his death at the age of 95. Born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz but given the nickname Segundo (second), he was traditionally a "second voice" singer providing a baritone counterpoint harmony. On the Buena Vista Social Club recording, Segundo provides both voices on the song "Y Tú Qué Has Hecho", written in the 1920s by his friend Eusebio Delfín. (sample (help· info)).

A total of twenty musicians contributed to the recording including Ry Cooder's son Joachim Cooder, (b. 1978) who at the time was a 19 year old scholar of Latin percussion and provided drums for the band. Ry Cooder himself played slide guitar on several songs and helped produce and mix the album,[18] afterwards describing the sessions as "the greatest musical experience of my life".[11] Ry Cooder had been a successful American guitarist since the 1960s, recording with Captain Beefheart and the Rolling Stones. Known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music led him to record music from diverse genres including Tex-Mex, Hawaiian and Tuvan throat singing. He was later prosecuted and fined $25,000 by U.S. authorities for his work on the Buena Vista Social Club, having broken the Trading with the Enemy Act, a clause that forms part the ongoing United States embargo.[19] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Tres is a 3 course chordophone which was created in Cuba. ... Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ... Image File history File links Y_Tú_Qué_Has_Hecho_-_Buena_Vista_Social_CLub. ... Example of a bottleneck, with fingerpicks and resonator guitar. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet on January 15, 1941 in Glendale, California) is a musician and visual artist, best known by the pseudonym Captain Beefheart. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Tejano[1] (Spanish for Texan) or Tex-Mex[2] music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Hispanic-descended Tejanos of Central and South Texas. ... The music of Hawaii includes an array of traditional and popular styles, ranging from native Hawaiian folk music to modern rock and hip hop. ... Tuvans or Tuvinians (Tuvan: Тывалар, Tyvalar) are a group of Turkic people who make up about two thirds of the population of Tuva, Russia. ... Physical representation of first (O1) and second (O2) overtones. ... Im sorry, I dont really know how to use Wikipedia. ... Billboards carrying messages attacking the United States government can be seen all over Cuba. ...


Many of the Cuban musicians who featured on the album were at their musical prime in the 1940s and 50s. After the success of the 1997 record they became known in Cuba as "Los Superabuelos" (the Super-Grandfathers).[20] Juan de Marcos González, a Cuban folk revivalist who was younger than the bulk of performers introduced Cooder to veteran singer Ibrahim Ferrer. Ferrer (1927–2005) had been lead vocalist for bandleader Pacho Alonso, and also sang for Beny Moré, Cuba's most prominent performer in the 1940s, before his soft singing style fell out of fashion.[21] Having found the semi-retired seventy year old Ferrer taking his daily stroll on the streets of Havana and shining shoes for extra money, González signed him up for the project. Cooder later described the discovery as something that happens "perhaps once in your life", and Ferrer as "the Cuban Nat King Cole".[22] Ferrer became a prominent member of the group, and the success of the record was attributed in part to the popularity of his vocal performances.[22] The singer went on to record a number of successful solo records and performed with contemporary acts such as the Gorillaz before his death in 2005 at the age of 78.[23] Juan de Marcos González is a latin drummer and one of the driving forces behind the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban musician in Cuba. ... Pacho Alonso (1928-August 27, 1982) was a Cuban singer and bandleader from Santiago de Cuba who is attributed with creating the musical form Pilón. ... Benny Moré (August 24, 1919 – February 19, 1963) is considered by many fans of Cuban music the greatest Cuban singer of all time. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Gorillaz is a virtual band created in 1999 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. ...


Virtuoso pianist Rubén González (1919–2003) also had further success releasing two solo albums after working on the initial project. González was a pianist for bandleader Arsenio Rodríguez in the 1940s, and is attributed with helping establish Cuban piano styles that were to dominate Latin music for the remainder of the century.[24] Despite suffering from arthritis and not even owning a piano at the time of recording with Cooder, (due to an infestation of termites whilst living in South America)[11] the American guitarist described him as the "the greatest piano soloist I have ever heard".[25] After the success of the 1997 record, González recorded and toured with bassist Orlando "Cachaito" López, who was the only musician to play on all of the songs on the Buena Vista Social Club album. "Cachaito" (b. 1933), is the son of multi-instrumentalist Orestes López and the nephew of fellow bassist Israel "Cachao" López, the brothers often attributed with inventing the mambo.[26] Named after his prestigious uncle, "Cachaito" (little Cachao) was a leading Descarga musician in the 1950s and '60s, a musical form that takes its influence from modern jazz, and he became the ever present bassist at Buena Vista Social Club performances and recordings.[21] Introducing. ... Ignacio de Loyola Rodríguez Scull, known as Arsenio Rodríguez (August 30, 1911 - December 31, 1971) was a Cuban musician who developed the son montuno. ... Families Mastotermitidae Kalotermitidae Termopsidae Hodotermitidae Rhinotermitidae Serritermitidae Termitidae Termites, sometimes known as white ants, are a group of eusocial insects usually classified at the taxonomic rank of order, Isoptera. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Orlando Cachiato López (Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933) is a Cuban bassist. ... Orestes López (1908-1991) was a Cuban musician and bandleader, often credited with popularizing the musical form Mambo, alongside his brother Israel Cachao Lopez. ... Israel Cachao López (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as Cachao (pronounced kuh-CHOW) was a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. ... Mambo is a Cuban musical form and dance style. ... Roberto Fazz. ... For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). ...


One of the first to come onboard the project was Compay Segundo (born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz) (1907–2003), who at 89 years old was the oldest of the performers. During a discussion about politics, the veteran Segundo surprised Cooder by referring to Fidel Castro, who had been in power in Cuba for nearly 40 years, as "the new guy".[13] Segundo saying goodbye to a standing ovation at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

Guitarist Eliades Ochoa who sang "El Carretero" on the record. In Wim Wenders's film, Ochoa is shown playing the song whilst walking alongside a deserted railtrack.
Guitarist Eliades Ochoa who sang "El Carretero" on the record. In Wim Wenders's film, Ochoa is shown playing the song whilst walking alongside a deserted railtrack.

Segundo was an accomplished guitarist and tres player who started his career playing with established bands of the 1920s and 30s. In the 40s, he gained fame as one half of the Los Compadres duo, and then formed Los Muchachos, a band that he led until his death in 2003.[21] For the Buena Vista Social Club recording and performances, Segundo played a unique seven-stringed tres, an armonico, which he devised himself, and sung a number of songs in his baritone voice including the self penned opening track, Chan Chan.[21] Cowboy hat wearing Eliades Ochoa (b.1946), who had collaborated previously with Segundo and was a well established traditional Cuban folk performer, played guitar and sang for the group. Omara Portuondo (b.1930), a bolero singer and the only female in the collective, sang "Veinte Años" on the record and duetted with Segundo and Ibrahim Ferrer during live performances.[21] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Elíades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer born in Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago on June 22, 1946. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, and producer. ... The 1920s is a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Baritone (French: baryton; Deutsch: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... Overview of ruins of the Tschudi Complex, Chan Chan The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan Chan is an archaeological site located in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, just north of Trujillo. ... A cowboys hat, usually with a four to six-inch brim, acts as an umbrella in stormy weather, and a shade from the sun in hot weather. ... Elíades Ochoa is a Cuban guitarist and singer born in Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago on June 22, 1946. ... Omara Portuondo (born October, 1930) is a Cuban singer. ...


Other performers included singer Pío Leyva, (1917–2006) who had been working with Segundo since the early 1950s,[27] and fellow singer Manuel "Puntillita" Licea, (1927–2000), who had performed with Celia Cruz and Benny Moré. Additional improvised percussion was provided by Amadito Valdés and Carlos González. The youngest established member of the group was Barbarito Torres, (b.1956) a virtuoso player of the laoud, a Cuban form of the lute. Trumpet was provided by Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, (b. 1933) who went on to release solo records under the Buena Vista presents... title.[21] Pío Leyva. ... Manuel Puntillita Licea (January 4, 1927 – December 4, 2000) was a Cuban singer most active in the 1940s and 50s, who gained international attention when he joined other elderly Cuban musicians and American guitarist Ry Cooder to form the Buena Vista Social Club. ... Celia Cruz (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003) was a three-time Grammy Award and four-time Latin Grammy winning Cuban-American salsa singer who spent most of her career living in New Jersey, and working in the United States and several Latin American countries. ... Benny Moré (August 24, 1919 – February 19, 1963) is considered by many fans of Cuban music as the greatest Cuban singer of all time. ... Amadito Valdés Valdés has studied at the Havana Conservatoire and with maestros Guillermo Barreto and Alfredo de los Reyes. ... Barbarito Torres One of the many unforgettable musical moments on The Buena Vista Social Club album is “Barbarito” Torres’ laúd solo on “El Cuarto de Tula. ... A medieval era lute. ... Born on 5th May 1933 and christened Luis Manuel Mirabal Vazquez, he is known professionally as Guajiro - a playful term best translated as country bumpkin or rustic. It was Tito Gómez who gave it to me Guajiro explains. ...


Film

Ibrahim Ferrer (left) and Omara Portuondo duetting on the song "Silencio" which appeared in Wim Wenders's 1999 film and on Ferrer's first solo release Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer.
Ibrahim Ferrer (left) and Omara Portuondo duetting on the song "Silencio" which appeared in Wim Wenders's 1999 film and on Ferrer's first solo release Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer.
Main article: Buena Vista Social Club (film)

Shortly after returning from Havana to record the Buena Vista Social Club album, Ry Cooder began working with German film director Wim Wenders on the soundtrack to Wenders's film The End of Violence, the third such collaboration between the two artists. According to Wenders, it was an effort to force Cooder to focus on the project, "He always sort of looked in the distance and smiled, and I knew he was back in Havana."[28] Although Wenders knew nothing about Cuban music at the time, he became enthused by tapes of the Havana sessions provided by Cooder, and agreed to travel to the island to film the recording of Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer, the singer's first solo album, in 1998.[28][29] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban musician in Cuba. ... Omara Portuondo (born October, 1930) is a Cuban singer. ... Buena Vista Social Club (1999) is a documentary film by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, and producer. ... The End of Violence is a 1997 film by the internationally renowned German director Wim Wenders. ...


Wenders filmed the recording sessions on the recently enhanced format Digital Video with the help of long time collaborator, cinematographer Robert Müller, and then shot interviews with each "Buena Vista" ensemble member in different Havana locations.[28] Wenders was also present to film the group's first performance with a full line-up in Amsterdam in 1999, and a second concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City. Digital video is a type of video recording system that works by using a digital, rather than analog, representation of the video signal. ... A Cameraman-Reporter during a MINUSTAH mission in 2007 (Photo: Patrick-André Perron A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera (the art and science of which is known as cinematography). ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

Film director Wim Wenders, who shot the documentary Buena Vista Social Club in 1999

The completed documentary was released on September 17, 1999, and included scenes in New York of the Cubans, some of whom had never left the island, window shopping and visiting tourist sites. According to Sight & Sound magazine, these scenes of "innocents abroad" were the film's most moving moments, as the contrasts between societies of Havana and New York become evident on the faces of the performers. Ferrer, from an impoverished background and staunchly anti consumerist, was shown describing the city as "beautiful" and finding the experience overwhelming.[30] Upon completion of filming, Wenders felt that the film "didn't feel really like it was a documentary anymore. It felt like it was a true character piece".[28] ImageMetadata File history File links Wim_Wenders(cannesPhotocall)-.jpg Wenders Wim in Cannes in 2002. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Wim_Wenders(cannesPhotocall)-.jpg Wenders Wim in Cannes in 2002. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, photographer, and producer. ... Buena Vista Social Club (1999) is a documentary film by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Sight & Sound is a British monthly magazine about film. ... Consumerist redirects here. ...


The film became a box office success, grossing $23,002,182 worldwide.[31] Critics were generally enthusiastic about the story and especially the music,[32] although leading U.S. film critic Roger Ebert and the British Film Institute's Peter Curran felt that Wenders had lingered too long on Cooder during the performances; and the editing, which interspersed interviews with music, had disrupted the continuity of the songs.[33][30] The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 1997. It won best documentary at the European Film Awards and received seventeen other major accolades internationally.[34] Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize winning American film critic. ... The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The European Movie Awards are the most prestigious paneuropean movie awards. ...


Performances

The first performances by the full line up of "Buena Vista Social Club", including Cooder, were those filmed by Wenders in Amsterdam and New York. Other international shows and T.V. appearances soon followed with varying line ups. Ibrahim Ferrer and Rubén González performed together in Los Angeles in 1998 to an audience that included Alanis Morissette, Sean Combs, and Jennifer Lopez, Ferrer dedicating the song Mami Me Gusto to the Hispanic Lopez.[35] Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Alanis Nadine Morissette (born in Ottawa, 1 June 1974) is a Canadian and naturalized[1] American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress, who ranks among the top selling recording artists in history. ... Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969[1]) is an American Grammy-winning entertainment mogul, record producer, actor and rapper. ... J. Lo redirects here. ... The Hispanic world. ...

Compay Segundo saying goodbye to the audience at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. October 2002
Compay Segundo saying goodbye to the audience at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Havana. October 2002

Performances in Florida, which has a large Cuban exile and Cuban American community, were rare after the release of the film due to the political climate. In the late 1990s, a concert by Cuban jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba turned into a near riot when concert goers were attacked and spat at by protesters opposed to the Cuban government.[36] When "Buena Vista" musicians played for a music industry conference at Miami Beach in 1998, hundreds of protesters chanted outside and the convention center hall was cleared briefly because of a bomb threat. In 1999, Ferrer and Ruben González were forced to cancel Miami shows citing fears for their safety after fellow-Cubans Los Van Van drew 4,000 protesters at a previous show, and Compay Segundo was forced to cut short a 1999 Miami performance due to another bomb threat.[37] When touring the U.S., the Cubans are only entitled to their per diem, transportation and lodging, and are not permitted performance fees due to the U.S. embargo.[38] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 447 pixels Full resolution (1272 × 710 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Compay Segundo. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 447 pixels Full resolution (1272 × 710 pixel, file size: 136 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Compay Segundo. ... Musicians at the Hotel Nacional, Havana. ... The term Cuban exile usually refers to the large exodus of Cubans fleeing Fidel Castros communist state since the 1959 Cuban Revolution and in particular the wave of Cuban American refugees to the U.S. during the years 1960 and 1979, who sought greater political and economic freedom. ... A Cuban-American is an immigrant to the United States from Cuba. ... Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963 in Havana, Cuba) is one of the most important pianists in jazz today. ... Or Opposition to a Participatory Democracy (of Only Party) created by the Popular Socialist Revolution, named The Cuban Revolution The Opposition to Fidel Castros Cuban government is largely unofficial and illegal within Cuba due to the political system led by Fidel Castro being a one party state. ... Miami Beach is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Los Van Van is a Cuban band led by Juan Formell, a bassist who in 1967 became musical director of Elio Reves charanga orchestra. ... Per diem, or per day, is a Latin phrase meaning specific amount of money an organization allows an individual to spend per day. ...


"Buena Vista Social Club" continue to tour throughout the world, and despite the deaths of five of the original members, the collective performs with many of the remaining ensemble members including Barbarito Torres, Orlando "Cachaito" López, and "Guajiro" Mirabal.[39] Ry Cooder's guitar parts are handled Manuel Galbán,[39] a former member of Cuban vocal group Los Zafiros, who played on Ibrahim Ferrer's first solo record with Cooder and appeared in Wim Wenders's film.[40] Following a 2007 performance in London, a reviewer at The Independent newspaper described the ensemble as "something of an anomaly in music business terms, due to their changing line-up and the fact that they've never really had one defining front person", adding, "It's hard to know what to expect from what is more of a brand than a band."[41] Los Zafiros (English: The Sapphires) were a Cuban vocal group formed in 1962. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ...


Impact and analysis

The international success of the Buena Vista Social Club generated a revival of interest in traditional Cuban music and Latin American music as a whole.[42] Juan de Marcos felt that the project he served as musical director became a symbol of the power of Cuban music, which contributed to Cuban music regaining the prominent status it had lost within Latin American and the world in recent years.[43] Latin American music, sometimes simply called Latin music, includes the music of many countries and comes in many varieties, from the simple, rural conjunto music of northern Mexico to the sophisticated habanera of Cuba, from the symphonies of Heitor Villa-Lobos to the simple and moving Andean flute. ...

Son musicians in Santiago de Cuba, 2004. The increased interest in Cuban music, and especially son after the Buena Vista Social Club has had an impact on Cuba's tourist industry.
Son musicians in Santiago de Cuba, 2004. The increased interest in Cuban music, and especially son after the Buena Vista Social Club has had an impact on Cuba's tourist industry.

Cuba's burgeoning tourist industry of the late 1990s benefited from the rebirth of interest. According to The Economist magazine, "In the tourist quarters of Old Havana it can seem at times as if every Cuban with a guitar has come out to sing the songs that Buena Vista made famous. It's as if you were to go to Liverpool and find bands singing Beatles songs on every street corner."[44] Despite the appeal of the "Buena Vista" ambience to tourists, Cubans themselves were less aware of the "Buena Vista Social Club" than international music listeners. This was due to the foreign nature of the production, and the dominance of modern salsa, pop music and other musical forms such as reggaetón on the island.[10] Image File history File links Sonmusic. ... Image File history File links Sonmusic. ... A son is a male offspring; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. ... Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some 540 miles east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana. ... Palm tree at a Cuban beach resort Tourism in Cuba attracts over 2 million visitors a year, and is one of the main sources of revenue for the island. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... Old Havana (Spanish: ) contains the core of the original city of Havana. ... Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... Reggaeton (spelled also with the acute diacritic in English and known as Reguetón and Reggaetón in Spanish) is a form of dance music which became popular with Latin American (or Latino) youth during the early 1990s and spread to North American, European, Asian, and Australian audiences during the...


Mari Marques, a Cuban American who leads cultural tours to Cuba, contests that the preponderance of traditional musicians was not solely a consequence of the "Buena Vista Social Club". Marques believes the notion that son music had been completely neglected in Cuba is "a romantic exaggeration that was propagated by U.S. media coverage", and the reality is that son trios have existed everywhere in cities such as Santiago de Cuba in the east of the island.[10] British world music record label Tumi music, who had worked with de Marcos and many of the ensemble musicians prior to Cooder, asserted that Cuba has over 50,000 musicians all as good as, and some as old as the "Buena Vista" participants, "but these people hardly ever have the opportunity to share their talents with the outside world." The label lamented that, "for the West to pay any real attention and consume the product, you needed someone like Ry Cooder to give it a stamp of approval first."[45] Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in the south-eastern area of the island nation of Cuba, some 540 miles east south-east of the Cuban capital of Havana. ...


Writer and academic Mike Gonzalez believes the ensemble provoked a backward glance to "timeless, sensual places where dreams and desire merged in a comfortable, evocative music". Gonzalez asserts that the aura evoked did not represent "the real Cuba" before the revolution of 1959, nor Cuba in the modern era, but that the Cuban government were happy for the tourist industry to "enjoy the fruits of this confusion".[46] The American Historical Review suggested that the Buena Vista Social Club's mise en scène fueled nostalgic, idealistic feelings not only of many Americans and Cubans in the United States who remember the Havana of the 1950s, but also of Cubans in Cuba. The result was a reminiscence about the pre-revolutionary era — dominated by the politics of Gerardo Machado in the 1920s–30s and then General Fulgencio Batista until 1959 — which "no longer seems so bad".[47] Mike Gonzalez is a British historian and a leading member of the U.K. Socialist Workers Party. ... The American Historical Review (AHR) is the official publication of the American Historical Association (AHA), a body of academics, professors, teachers, students, historians, curators and others, founded in 1884 for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research. ... Mise en scène [mizɑ̃sÉ›n] has been called film criticisms grand undefined term, but that is not because of a lack of definitions. ... Gerardo Machado, Time, 1933 Gerardo Machado (y Morales) (28 September 1871, Camajani – 29 March 1939, Miami Beach, Florida) was a Cuban general of Cuban War of Independence and the 5th president of Cuba. ... General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (pronounced ) (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940, and thus the eminence grise of Cuban politics for that period of time, and the de jure President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 after...


Discography

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Other releases

The below discography includes solo albums released since the first Buena Vista Social Club album that feature the musicians in the ensemble, and that are considered to be under the "Buena Vista Social Club" aegis.[48]

Introducing... Rubén González. 1997.
  • Ibrahim Ferrer
    • Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer (June 8, 1999). World Circuit / Nonesuch Records.
      (Guest Musicians include Rubén González, Ry Cooder, Manuel Galbán, and Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez.)
    • Buenos Hermanos (March 18, 2003). Nonesuch Records.
      (Guest musicians include Ry Cooder, Manuel Galbán, and Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez.)
    • Mi Sueno (Mar 26, 2007). World Circuit.
      (Guest musicians include Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Manuel Galbán, Rubén González, Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, Omara Portuondo, Amadito Valdés.)
  • Orlando "Cachaito" López
    • Cachaito (May 22, 2001). Elektra/Asylum.
      (Guest musicians include Juan de Marcos González, Amadito Valdés and Ibrahim Ferrer.)
  • Amadito Valdés
    • Bajando Gervasio (December 10, 2002). Primienta Records.
      (Guest musicians include Barbarito Torres.)

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Further reading

  • Wenders, Wim and Wenders, Donata: Buena Vista Social Club: The Book of the Film. Wim Wenders, Donata Wenders. Thames & Hudson Ltd. (Mar 2000). ISBN–10: 050028220X
  • Roy, Maya: Cuban Music: From Son and Rumba to the Buena Vista Social Club and Timba Cubana. Wiener (Markus) Publishing Inc. (May 2002). ISBN–10: 1558762825

External links

  • Buena Vista Social Club biography at World Circuit Records.
  • Buena Vista Social Club biography at Nonesuch Records.
  • Buena Vista Social Club site on PBS

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