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Bossa Cubana | 
 enlarge | Artist: Los Zafiros
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy Used: $4.12
You Save: $14.86 (78%)
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 16945
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79572
UPC: 075597957228
EAN: 0075597957228
ASIN: B00000JG3C
Release Date: July 6, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| | Bossa Cubana - Los Zafiros, Chaniveky, Luis | | | La Luna en Tu Mirada - Los Zafiros, Chaniveky, Luis | | | Mirame Fijo - Los Zafiros, Mili, Nestor | | | Dichoso Mar - Los Zafiros, Agueirre, Oscar | | | Por No Comprenderte - Los Zafiros, Agueirre, Oscar | | | Y Sabes Bien - Los Zafiros, Diaz, Jose Robles | | | Cancion de Orfeo - Los Zafiros, Bonfa, Luiz | | | Mi Amor Perdoname - Los Zafiros, Canci, Miguel | | | Cuando Yo la Conoci - Los Zafiros, Agueirre, Oscar | | | La Caminadora - Los Zafiros, Mili, Nestor | | | He Venido - Los Zafiros, Vergara, Rolando | | | Puchunguita Ven - Los Zafiros, Diaz, Jose Robles | | | Herido de Sombras - Los Zafiros, Francia, Pedro Vega | | | Si Corazon - Los Zafiros, Agueirre, Oscar | | | Mi Corazon - Los Zafiros, Boulanger, G. | | | Un Nombre de Mujer - Los Zafiros, Pacheco | | | Canta la Sentimental - Los Zafiros, Montiel, Urbano Gom |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
"Cuban doo-wop" is good shorthand for the sound of this enormously appealing quintet. But Bossa Cubana, an exhumation of 17 tracks by '60s stars Los Zafiros, is even more unpredictable than that phrase would leave you to believe. The music here carries echoes of everything from Beny More (sans horn section) to Little Anthony and the Imperials, while often sounding like a secret influence on Chris Isaak. Los Zafiros are at their most affecting when wailing and harmonizing over slow-dance tempos; listen to their Spanish translation of "My Prayer" ("Mi Oracion"), and you'll never hear the Platters quite the same way again. --Rickey Wright
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Frankie Valli and the Four Latinos September 30, 2008
Keith R. Jackson (Silver Spring, MD United States)
That is what we call this album in my house.
The word 'Bossa' is misleading. My title is much more descriptive.
Some really nice slow, ballad type tunes. Nice 50's vibe. Great music to have in the background when you are working.
 Bossa Cubana May 24, 2003
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I ordered this CD by recommendation and am keenly disappointed. In my opinion, it is over-produced and over-glitzed, a kind of Euro-disco production. It lacks the freshness and vitality of Cuban music (the kind I hoped it would be), e.g., Omara, the Buena Vista Social Club. There was rock and roll, doo-wop, some production numbers" such as "a Day in the Life of a Fool," some straight-out-of-the-fifties music, and very few bossa novas. I suggest that anyone wishing to order the CD should preview it very carefully.
 BLUE MADNESS June 14, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
THIS IS THE VERY BEST OF THE ZAFIROS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TITLED THAT! IT'S NOT JUST THE SONGS BUT THE MASTERING AND QUALITY OF THE SOUND THAT MAKES THIS THE BEST CD (TO DATE) OF THE ZAFIROS, AS FAR AS THE MUSIC WHAT CAN BE SAID...IT'S FABULOUS..IT'S FRANKIE LYMON MEETS THE PLATTERS BUT BETTER...THE ZAFIROS WERE FOR VOICES AND ONE GUITAR AND ALL FOUR SINGERS WERE LEAD SINGERS..NOT JUST ONE SINGER AND THE OTHERS STRICTLY BACKING..THEY EACH HAD DIFFERENT STYLES AND INTERPRETED THE SONGS BEAUTIFULLY...THIS CD CAPTURES ALL OF THE MAGIC...FROM THE STEAMY BALLADS TO THE UP-TEMPO DANCEABLES THEY WILL ALL BECOME FAVORITES..JUST LISTEN..THE DOO-WOP INFLUENCE IS TREMENDOUS CONSIDERING THIS GROUP WAS BORN AFTER THE EMBARGO WHEN NOTHING AMERICAN WAS WELCOMED IN CUBA..IT'S TOO BAD THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE STATES. THERE'S ALSO SOME INTERESTING ANECDOTES IN THE LINER... A MUST!
Seen the movie Havana Mi Amor? November 23, 2000
Saw the film Havana Mi Amor at the Mill Valley Film Festival (great movie about romance Havana style, a TV repairman, and soap operas imagined and real) which features many songs by los Zafiros, and while it took me forever to figure out how to buy many of the songs from the film (on this CD), it has finally happened. So many sweet moments, and great to dance to!
Seen the movie Havana Mi Amor? November 23, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saw the film Havana Mi Amor at the Mill Valley Film Festival (great movie about romance Havana style, a TV repairman, and soap operas imagined and real) which features many songs by los Zafiros, and while it took me forever to figure out how to buy many of the songs from the film (on this CD), it has finally happened. So many sweet moments, and great to dance to!
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