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- The formation of the Buena Vista Social Club had a significant impact on the perception of traditional Cuban music by bringing it into the global spotlight. Their revival of son cubano not only showcased the richness of Cuban musical heritage but also introduced it to new audiences worldwide.
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Sep 20, 2021 · NPR's Rachel Martin talks to music journalist Judy Cantor-Navas about Cuban music's impact on the Buena Vista Social Club. The group's popular album came out 25 years ago this month.
Mar 20, 2015 · The story of how a group of aging Cuban musicians became famous as the Buena Vista Social Club is one of music’s best. Peter Culshaw describes a passing era.
Hoping to cash in on the rising popularity of Cuban traditional music sparked by the Buena Vista Social Club albums and documentary, da Silva signed the hotel performer to his recording label Lusafrika.
Sep 11, 2020 · Buena Vista Social Club: The vindication of Cuban music. By Rocío de Lucía (Cuban Musicologist) In a marginal neighborhood of Havana in the 1930s, an “alluring mestiza” danced in a black social club, eventually packing the most important and distinguished stages in the world.
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- The Chan Chan of Compay Segundo
- Ibrahim Ferrer’s Eternal Voice
- Omara Portuondo, The Bride of Cuban “Filin”
- Eliades Ochoa, The Musician with The Black Hat
- Ruben Gonzalez, A Genius on The Piano
The first track on the iconic Buena Vista Social Club album is “Chan Chan”. It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the most famous Cuban songs of all time. Its author was Máximo Francisco Repilado, known to all as “Compay Segundo”. This artist was well known in the twenties, thirties and forties of the last century. He was part of the duo...
Cooder described Ibrahim Ferrer as the “Cuban Nat King Cole.” This artist had been part of several musical groups in the forties and even sang with the great Benny Moré. Juan de Marcos found him cleaning shoes in the streets of Havana and took him to the recording of the Buena Vista Social Club album. His voice was still spectacular, so he later ma...
Omara Portuondo is one of the most recognized Cuban artists in the world. They call her “the bride the filin” (Cuban music genre), for the passionate way in which she defends that musical genre, which emerged in the forties in Havana. She was part of the quartet known as Las D’Aida, along with her sister Haydée, Elena Burke and Moraima Secada. They...
Eliades Ochoa is considered one of the best soneros in history and a great defender of traditional Cuban music. Always wearing his trademark black cowboy hat, this guitarist, composer, and singer has performed on prestigious world stages. Since 1979 he has directed and recorded several albums with Cuarteto Patria. On the Buena Vista Social Club alb...
Ruben Gonzalez is considered one of the best Cuban pianists of all time. When recording the initial Buena Vista Social Club album he suffered from arthritis in his hands, but this did not prevent him from playing spectacularly. Cooder described him as “the greatest soloist on the piano I have ever heard”. Gonzalez went on to record the album Buena ...
As Cuban revolutions go, it was an entirely peaceable uprising – but its impact could not have been more profound. On the release of the Buena Vista Social Club™ album in 1997, few outside the specialist world music audience initially took much notice of the record’s elegantly sculpted tunes and warm, acoustic rhythms.
Sep 26, 2017 · Twenty years ago this month, Americans were introduced to the romantic sounds of the Buena Vista Social Club. It was an unlikely group of stars: mostly elderly musicians from Cuba playing...
