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Buena Vista Social Club |  | Artists: Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrar, Ruben Gonzalez, Compay Segundo, Omara Portuondo
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
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Seller: goHastings
Rating:  334 reviews
Sales Rank: 1831
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: 79478
UPC: 075597947823
EAN: 0075597947823
ASIN: B000005J56
Release Date: September 16, 1997
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| Tracks:
| | Chan Chan - Buena Vista Social Club, Eliades Ochoa | | | De Camino a la Vereda - Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer | | | Cuarto de Tula - Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder | | | Pueblo Nuevo - Buena Vista Social Club, Rubén González | | | Dos Gardenias - Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer | | | Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? - Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo | | | Veinte Años - Buena Vista Social Club, Omara Portuondo | | | Carretero - Buena Vista Social Club, Eliades Ochoa | | | Candela - Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer | | | Amor de Loca Juventud - Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo, Compay Segundo | | | Orgullecida - Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo | | | Murmullo - Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer | | | Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder | | | Bayamesa - Buena Vista Social Club, Manuel "Puntillita" Licea |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Ry Cooder's name has helped bring attention to this session, but it's the veteran Cuban son musicians who make this album really special. Reminiscent of Ellington in its scope and sense of hushed romanticism, Buena Vista Social Club is that rare meld of quietude and intensity; while the players sound laid-back, they're putting forth very alive music, a reminder that aging doesn't mean taking to bed. Barbarito Torres's laoud solo on "El Cuarto de Tula" is both more blinding and more tasteful than any guitar showcase on any recent rock album; a quote from "Stormy Weather" and some very distinct parallels to Hawaiian styles remind us of why it's called "world music." --Rickey Wright
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 The sounds of my southern neighbors November 1, 2009
Sean Trapani (Savannah, GA USA)
I grew up just north of Miami. Whenever I listen to this, I remember growing up in South Florida and my Cuban friends. I imagine that these are the songs that play through the jalousie windows of Little Havana and during the festival of Calle Ocho.
Buena Vista Social Club September 12, 2009
Bonnie L. Christensen (Denver, CO USA)
The music is nostalgic. The artistry is magnificent. The style is wonderful to the ear and the emotion. This CD is excellent in every way. I find myself listening to it everyday.
Buena Vista review September 4, 2009
Mij
Awesome Album
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 50 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.
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 director Wim Wenders captured the performance on film, followed by a second concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City for a documentary that included 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.
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.
Exceptionally Great June 13, 2009
Eileen M. Greene (Bolton, MA)
Joyful, sexy, playful, heartfelt... this is an amazing collection recorded just in time to preserve this special blending of fabulous musicians from Cuba. I listen to it all the time and share it with friends.
musicmaster June 10, 2009
C. T. Chase (flamass)
I remember watching the movie PERFORMANCE in Cambridge Mass back in '69 or '70 and being enthralled with the sountrack. I, of course, went to the flick to see Mick Jagger in his first movie role. But I came out wondering how I missed what a great slide guitat player Keith Richards was, but quietly knowing that it was not he wearing the Sherry glass. Ever the researcher, I found Ry Cooder: been a fan ever since. I'm sorry but fan is just not the word. I've been stalking Ryland long before there was a word for it. Met him in the crowd at the Jazz Fest during the Ali Fakre Toure sessions, my wife catching us in the mirrors, and was actually able to talk with him - ask a couple ??? about the new band with Keltner, Lowe and Hiatt and I felt like I was in the Cat-Bird Seat. Always wondered what he was working t'wards with all those LP's all the world music stuff and then Fate handed him his due: The Buena Vista Social Club. The musical equivalent of AA: be patient and help another drunk, or in this case another musician. He got to help and be helped. Tremendous album, music that should not be missed at any cost. Well thanks for letting me put this down. chuck
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