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Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996. The project was organized by World Circuit executive Nick Gold, produced by American guitarist Ry Cooder and directed by Juan de Marcos González.They named the group after the members' club of the same name in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s.
The original Buena Vista Social Club™ album was recorded for World Circuit Records over seven days in Havana in 1996, bringing together an extraordinary ensemble including many great names of the golden age of Cuban music from the 1940s and ’50s, several of whom were coaxed out of retirement for the sessions.
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Rubén González Piano (Born Santa Clara, Cuba 1919, died 2003) Ry Cooder famously likened Rubén González’s piano playing to “a cross between Thelonius Monk and Felix the Cat” and his renaissance in his 80s when he became an international star was one of the great elements in the Buena Vista Social Club™ story.
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ is both the name given to this extraordinary group of musicians and the album, recorded in just 1 week in 1996 in Havana’s 1950s vintage EGREM studios. It was clear ...
Buena Vista Social Club. 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.
Buena Vista Social Club: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Octavio Calderon, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder, Angel Terry Domech. Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and ...
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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.
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