The
Buena Vista Social Club Artists
Eliades
Ochoa &
Cuarteto Patria,
with Compay
Segundo, Chanchaneando
(EGREM,
1989)
An
exceptional
collaboration
between two key
figures of the
Cuban scene
recorded in
Santiago de
Cuba.
Sierra
Maestra,
Dundunbanza
(World Circuit,
1994)
As member and co-founder of
this traditional Cuban ensemble, Juan de Marcos Gonzalez begins his
association with the World Circuit, the London-Based record label.
This album sowed the seeds for the subsequent collaborations
with the legends of the golden age of Cuban music.
Eliades
Ochoa &
Cuarteto Patria,The Lion is
Loose (Discos
Corasón, 1995)
Before
the Buena Vista
Social Club,
Eliades Ochoa
recorded much of
his classic
Cuban repertoire
for an
independent
Mexican label
and was
distributed in
the U.S. by
Rounder Records.
Compay
Segundo, Son
del Monte (EGREM,
1996)
Exceptional
compilation of
Compay Segundo's
finest work from
the 1950s to the
80s. COMPAY
SEGUNDO, Yo
Vengo Aquí (DRO
East West, 1996)
Acclaimed
comeback
recording
produced by
Spain's renowned
Santiago
Auserón, the
album put Compay
Segundo back on
the music map,
after decades of
obscurity.
Compay
Segundo,
Antologia
de Compay
Segundo (DRO
East West, 1996)
This
double CD set
features the
most popular
songs of his
career and
includes
extensive liner
notes, lyrics,
biography, and
glossary of
music terms.
Buena Vista Social Club
(World Circuit-Nonesuch,1996)
Recorded in only six
days at Havana's EGREM studios, this recording includes Ry Cooder on
guitar, Compay Segundo on vocals and guitar, Ruben Gonzalez on
piano, Eliades Ochoa on guitar and vocals, and Ibrahim Ferrer on
vocals. The songs include a variety of Cuban musical styles, ranging
from the provincial "son" style of
"Candela" to the urban bolero classic, "Dos
Gardenias."
Rubén González,
Introducing Rubén González (World Circuit-Nonesuch, 1996)
The solo debut album by a
pianist who helped define the modern Cuban sound. Gonzalez was
invited out of retirement to take part in the sessions of the Afro
Cuban All Stars, Buena Vista Social Club, and finally for his own
debut solo recording.
Omara
Portuondo,
Palabras (Nubenegra,
1996)
Omara's
solo recording
featuring a
variety of
styles and
genres,
including bolero
and son.
Afro-Cuban All Stars,
A
Toda Cuba Le Gusta (World Circuit-Nonesuch, 1997)
The first recording of the
initial trilogy featuring the cream of musicians and 'soneros' from
Cuba's 'golden age' of music. This album was completed one day
before Ry Cooder arrived in Havana to produce what became the Buena
Vista Social Club.
Omara
Portuondo &
Chucho Valdés,
Desafios (Nubenegra,
1997)
A
fine
collaboration
featuring Cuban
standards with
the inimitable
talents of Omara
Portuondo on
vocals and
Chucho Valdés
on piano.
Estrellas
de Areito, Los Heroes (World Circuit-Nonesuch, 1998)
Legendary extended jam
sessions featuring some of Cuba's greatest living musicians,
including three alumni of Arsenio Rodriguez's big band: Ruben
Gonzalez, Miguelito Cuni and Felix Chappotin. Other guests include
Carlos Embale, Pio Leyva, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, Enrique
Jorrín, Richard Egues, Tata Guines, Nino Rivera, Teresa García
Caturla, Rafael Lay & Manuel 'El Guajiro' Mirabal. Recorded in
Havana, Cuba by arranger and producer Juan Pablo Torres along with
Raoul Diomande in 1979 as a direct response to the New York
"salsa" craze of the late 70s.
Sierra Maestra,
Tibiri
Tabara (World Circuit-Nonesuch, 1998)
The
latest recording
by the legendary
Cuban roots
music ensemble,
featuring
tradional "changui"
and son styles
as well as big
band "guarachas,"
"son
montuno,"
and Afro-Cuban
jazz styles.
Ibrahim
Ferrer with Los
Bocucos,
Tierra Caliente
(EGREM, 1998)
One
of the last
recordings by
Ibrahim Ferrer
before he
"retired"
from singing in
the 1970s. Due
to the
overwhelming
success of the
Buena Vista
Social Club,
vintage
recordings like
this one are
once again
available.
Compay
Segundo,
Lo
Mejor de la Vida
(DRO East
West-Nonesuch,
1998)
A
recording
celebrating the
90th birthday of
one of Cuba's
most beloved
living legends
and his U.S.
debut release.
Cuarteto
Patria &
Manu Dibango, CubAfrica
(Melodie, 1998)
A
fine
collaboration
between Eliades
Ochoa's Cuarteto
Patria and
saxophonist Manu
Dibango of
Cameroon.
Rubén González , with
El Noneto Cubano de Jazz de Pucho Escalante, Sentimiento (EGREM,
1999)
A rare jazz
recording produced in 1964 featuring Ruben Gonzalez on piano, and
recently reissued by the Cuba's official state label.
Ibrahim
Ferrer,
Buena Vista
Social Club
Presents IBRAHIM
FERRER (World
Circuit-Nonesuch,
1999)
The
debut recording
by one of Cuba's
greatest, and
until recently,
forgotten
crooners.
Featuring guest
appearances by
Rubén
González, Los
Zafiros'
guitarist Manuel
Galbán, Teresa
García Caturla
and an
exceptional duet
with Omara
Portuondo.
Compay
Segundo,
Calle
Salud (DRO East
West-Nonesuch,
1999)
An
album which
recreates the
Cuban music
styles of the
1930s and
features Segundo
on the clarinet,
the first
instrument he
took up as a
teenager.
Barbarito
Torres, Havana Café
(Havana Caliente,
1999)
The
U.S. recording
debut by the
premier laúd
(lute) player of
Cuba. In
addition to his
contributions on
The Buena Vista
Social Club.
Barbarito has
appeared as an
invited guest on
recordings by
the Afro-Cuban
All Stars,
Compay Segundo
and Ibrahim
Ferrer. This
album features
guests
appearances by
Ibrahim Ferrer,
Pio Leyva and
Omara Portuondo
on vocals,
Manuel "El
guajiro"
Mirabal on
trumpet, Frank
Emilio Flynn on
piano and
Richard Egues on
flute.
Eliades
Ochoa &
Cuarteto
Patria,
Sublime Ilusión
(Higher
Octave-World,
1999)
The
U.S. recording
debut by one of
the key figures
of the Buena
Vista Social
Club. Includes
guest
appearances by
Ry Cooder, blues
artist Charlie
Musselwhite and
David Hidalgo of
Los Lobos.
Los
Zafiros,
Bossa Cubana
(World
Circuit-Nonesuch,
1999)
Conjuring
the soundscape
of 1960s Havana,
Los Zafiros
combined their
vocal virtuosity
of doo-wop,
bossa nova and
the ethereal
twang of Manuel
Galbán's
electric guitar
with Cuban
rhythms,
creating a sound
of their own.
Juan
de Marcos' Afro
Cuban All Stars,
Distinto,
Diferente (World
Circuit-Nonesuch,
2000)
The
follow-up to the
acclaimed
recording of
classic Cuban
dance music,
only this time
as the title
suggests, a
different
approach,
combining the
old with the
new,
"son"
with "timba"
and veteran
"soneros"
with Cuba's new
generation of
singers
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