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The Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer emerged as the most popular star of the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon. Ibrahim who is pictured on the cover of that classic album, was the audience favourite from the Wim Wenders' film and he went on to record solo albums produced by Ry Cooder and tour the world to a rapturous reception. Now World Circuit is proud to announce the release of his final album `Mi Sueno' (My Dream) the project he dreamed of realising all his life - an album devoted to the most meltingly romantic of all Cuban styles - the bolero.
Two years ago Ferrer began recording the bolero album he had long dreamed of. `Mi Sueno' is an intimate all-star session arranged by Roberto Fonseca, the remarkable young pianist with whom he had developed a deep musical understanding. Recorded in Havana with a wonderful small group that included Manuel Galban on guitar and Cachaito Lopez on bass, the album is a very personal take on the bolero style - deeply traditional and at the same time startlingly modern.
Sadly three weeks before the final recording for the album was due to take place in August 2005, Ibrahim died at the age of seventy-eight. On his deathbed, he dictated a letter asking that his dream album be finished. Fortunately he had left high-quality demos of the songs with which he wished to make up the rest of the album. In the confusion surrounding his death these tapes were temporarily lost, causing a delay in the album's completion. When the tapes were found, they not only completed the album Ibrahim had always dreamed about, but also are a fitting final testament that finds the singer still in heartfelt voice and singing the songs he loved best.
Personnel: Ibrahim Ferrer - (vocals), Roberto Fonseca - (piano), Ruben Gonzalez - (piano) (3), Omara Portuondo - (vocals) (11), Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez - (bass), Manuel Galban - (guitar), Ramses Rodriguez - (drums), Amadito Valdes - (timbales), Emilio del Monte - (bongos, maracas) and others
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Quality :: 192 Kbps
Size: 67.60 Mb
Label: World Circuit
Genre: Cuban Bolero
Tracklist
1. Dos Almas
2. Si Te Contara
3. Melodia Del Rio
4. Cada Noche Un Amor
5. Deuda
6. Uno
7. Convergencia
8. Quiereme Mucho
9. Perfidia
10. Copla Guajira
11. Quizas Quizas
12. Alma LibreDownload Link
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Eliades Ochoa seems like the lone cowboy of the Buena Vista Social Club. Photographer Anton Corbjin captured that quality for the cd cover. He has been annointed as the keeper of Cuban guajira music, the godfather of Guajira & Roll, if you will. On his first U.S. release, he covers 15 songs of different periods in Cuban musical history. Son, guaracha, bolero, it’s all here, along with Ry Cooder, David Hidalgo of Los Lobos, and Charlie Musslewhite.
"Pintate los labios Maria" (" Put on some lipstick Maria") will not ingratiate any feminists but it’s still a contagious song with a Mexican brass band sound. David Hidalgo adds his Los Lobos guitar licks to "Que humanidad" while Ry Cooder guest stars with his guitar on "La Comparsa". The title track, "Sublime Ilusion", is a tender bolero that is both refined and restrained by Ochoa’s gentle voice. Ochoa also covers a Gardel tango, "Volver", giving it a Cuban identity. Listening to Ochoa’s sublime vocals and guitar on "Mi Magdalena" will make you weep or turn you into a pillar of salt for being so devoid of sentimentality.
One of the benefits of these releases by Cuban musicians is the exchange that is now possible. Legendary Charlie Musselwhite comes in with his bluesman harmonica on "Teje que Teje", giving it a down home feel. At the same time, Eliades Ochoa y el Cuarteto Patria appear on Musslewhite’s disc Continental Drifter. Blues, rock, tango, guaracha all sound best when top musicians are involved.
Musicians :
* Eliades Ochoa - first guitar, lead vocals
* Humberto Ochoa - second guitar, backing vocals
* Eglis Ochoa - clave, maracas, backing vocals
* William Calderôn - double bass, backing vocals
* Roerto Tores - percussion, bongoes, congas, backing vocals
* Ry Cooder - guitar (where shown)
* David Hidalgo - guitar
* Charlie Musslewhite - harmonica
* Joachim Cooder - drums, percussion
* Luis Gonzâlez - horns
Tracklist
1. Ay Papacito
2. Pintate Los Labios Maria
3. Carino Falso
4. Sublime Ilusion
5. Volver
6. Saludo Compay
7. Que Humanidad
8. Un Negrito En La Habana
9. Mi Sueno Prohibido
10. Mi Guajirita
11. Teje Que Teje
12. El Trio Y El Ciclon
13. Mi Magdalena
14. Pedacito De Papel
15. La ComparsaDownload LinkPart IPart II
He's been called the "Cuban Johnny Cash;" and, like Cash, he's also a Grammy winner. He won his hardware from 1997's Buena Vista Social Club. In 1999, he was also nominated for his solo album, Sublime Ilusion in the category of "best traditional tropical and Latin performance" and he was later nominated in the same category for Estoy Como Nunca (Better Than Ever).
With his 10-gallon hat and cowboy boots, the Santiago-born Vocalist-guitarist Eliades Ochoa is known as the "cowboy" of the world-renowned Buena Vista Social Club. Because of his success with that group, he's made a few recordings of his own as the leader of Quarteto Patria. On this CD, Ochoa's romantic tenor voice and bouncy guitar playing are marvelously motored by the rhythms of the Cuban son. Along with trumpeter Anibal Avila, Ochoa is joined by special guest singer Raul Malo of the Mavericks on "No Me Preguntes Tanto," and guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos lends his plectral pulsations to the title cut. Compay Segundo's heartfelt "Llora Mi Nena," and "El Chicarron es Pellejo" best reveal the rural blend of Spanish and African rhythms, melodies, instruments, and song forms that Eliades Ochoa highlights so well in his artistry.
Tracklist
1. Estoy Como Nunca
2. Arrimate Paca
3. No Me Preguntes Tanto - (featuring Raul Malo)
4. Siboney
5. Pena
6. Con Dolor En El Alma
7. El Chicharron Es Pellejo
8. Ella Si Va
9. Mi Cafetal
10.Llora Mi Nena
11.Sus Ojos Se CerraronDownload LinkPart IPart II
Pío Leyva looms among the giants of Cuban music. Though one of the most successful soneros of the pre-revolution era, he only earned international renown in his twilight years thanks to the landmark album and documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Born Wilfredo Pascual in Morón, Cuba, on May 5, 1917, he won a local bongo-drumming contest at the age of six and at 15 was tapped to sing with Juanito Blez's band Conjunto Caribe. Upon relocating to Havana, Leyva lent his appealingly gravelly vocals to a series of acts including Orquesta de Jesús Montago, Orquesta Raqueteros del Swing, Orquesta del Paseiro, and Sexteto Colón; he also formed a trio sponsored by a local brand of coffee, Café el Angel, and was a fixture of Cuban radio. Leyva signed to RCA Victor in 1950 and in the years to follow cut more than two dozen LPs for the label, scoring a succession of smash hits including "Un Jardinero de Amor" and "Chapaleando." Nicknamed "El Montunero de Cuba" for his matchless improvisational acumen, Leyva recorded with the likes of Mariano Mercerón, Orquesta Cosmópolita, and Niño Rivera and also sang backup for Beny Moré, who popularized his best-known composition, "Francisco Guayabal." In March 1957, Leyva was in the studio collaborating with singer/guitarist Compay Segundo when rebel forces launched their assault on Cuban president Fulgencio Batista's Havana palace. According to legend, the session was later issued commercially complete with the sound of gunfire in the background.
Tracklist
01. Pio Leiva - Los Ecos de Mi Cuba
02. Pio Leiva - Con Carlota
03. Pio Leiva - Oye como Suena
04. Pio Leiva - Pobre Nicola
05. Pio Leiva - Yo no soy Mentirosa
06. Pio Leiva - Carinoso si, mentiroso No
07. Pio Leiva - Dulce Cubanita
08. Pio Leiva - Descarga en Conjunto
09. Pio Leiva - Este Guaguanco Dice
10. Pio Leiva - Si Apretando
11. Pio Leiva - Guaguanco del Bolero
12. Pio Leiva - Guaguanco a Guanabacoa
13. Pio Leiva - Gocen bien el Chiquicha
14. Pio Leiva - Para ti cositas sueltas
15. Pio Leiva - Cosas del Compay Anton
16. Pio Leiva - A La Orilla del Cauto
17. Pio Leiva - Mi Guaguanco si da la Hora
18. Pio Leiva - No Hay dos como mi Son
19. Pio Leiva - En la Inmensa Soledad
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He's been called the "Cuban Johnny Cash;" and, like Cash, he's also a Grammy winner. He won his hardware from 1997's Buena Vista Social Club. In 1999, he was also nominated for his solo album, Sublime Ilusion in the category of "best traditional tropical and Latin performance" and he was later nominated in the same category for Estoy Como Nunca (Better Than Ever).
With his 10-gallon hat and cowboy boots, the Santiago-born Vocalist-guitarist Eliades Ochoa is known as the "cowboy" of the world-renowned Buena Vista Social Club. Because of his success with that group, he's made a few recordings of his own as the leader of Quarteto Patria. On this CD, Ochoa's romantic tenor voice and bouncy guitar playing are marvelously motored by the rhythms of the Cuban son. Along with trumpeter Anibal Avila, Ochoa is joined by special guest singer Raul Malo of the Mavericks on "No Me Preguntes Tanto," and guitarist David Hidalgo of Los Lobos lends his plectral pulsations to the title cut. Compay Segundo's heartfelt "Llora Mi Nena," and "El Chicarron es Pellejo" best reveal the rural blend of Spanish and African rhythms, melodies, instruments, and song forms that Eliades Ochoa highlights so well in his artistry.
Tracklist
1. Estoy Como Nunca
2. Arrimate Paca
3. No Me Preguntes Tanto - (featuring Raul Malo)
4. Siboney
5. Pena
6. Con Dolor En El Alma
7. El Chicharron Es Pellejo
8. Ella Si Va
9. Mi Cafetal
10.Llora Mi Nena
11.Sus Ojos Se CerraronDownload LinkPart IPart II
Singer and composer born in a rural environment. He is considered one of the most important Cuban soneros of all times and a remarkable defender of the Cuban traditional music.
He was born in June 11, 1946 at Songo La Maya, Santiago de Cuba Province and since 1958, he is living at Santiago de Cuba City, where he has pursued his artistic career. Since early years, he learned how to play the guitar and tres, achieving also vocal qualities, exhibiting them through the interpretation of Cuban traditional music as Sones, Guarachas, Guajiras and Boleros.
His professional career started at the 60s, with Oriental Quintet and later on he entered Típico Septet. In 1978, joined Patria Quartet as director and singer. In 1986, he shared a recording with the luminary Cuban singer Francisco Repilado, well known as Compay Segundo, 'El Chan Chan' and in 1989 they made different presentations in Washington, Guadalupe and Dominican Republic. In 1997, he took part of Buena Vista Social Club record, winner of a Grammy Award.
Tracklist
01. Teje que teje
02. Las mujeres de Mayari
03. Estoy hecho tierra
04. Pregon santiaguero
05. Ya llegaron los compadres
06. Beso discreto
07. Caminito de Zaza
08. A orillas del Cauto
09. El manisero
10. Rita la caimana
11. Le dije a una rosa
12. Cristinita
13. Que te parece cholito
14. Llora mi nena
15. A una coqueta
16. Cuando el rio suena
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Rubén González was a Cuban pianist. He learned to play the piano at the music high school of Cienfuegos. He studied medicine but abandoned his studies due to financial difficulties. He began playing with groups in Las Villas. In 1940, he moved to Havana, where he played in the charangas of Paulina Álvarez and Paulín, with Arsenio Rodríguez, Kubavana and Senén Suárez and in the big bands Siboney and Riverside. In 1943, he released his first recording, together with Arsenio Rodríguez. During the 50s, he served as a member of the Orquesta América, Orquesta de Enrique Jorrín and CMQ. Between 1957 and 1961, he worked in Venezuela. Soon he became known in Cuba and other parts of Latin America.
González retired in the late 1980s, but started a second career in 1996 when the solo album Introducing...Rubén González was published. The next year, U.S.-musician Ry Cooder produced Buena Vista Social Club, featuring González, Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Elíades Ochoa and some other Cuban musicians. Wim Wenders produced a biographical movie under the same name, and González and his colleagues became famous all over the world.
Tracklist
1. Soplete
2. Serenata Para los Monos
3. Sancho
4. Ambrosio
5. Ciudad Oscura
6. Noneto
7. Moby Dick
8. De Que Te Quejas?
9. Zancudo
10. Que Infelicidad
11. Sentimiento
12. FantocheDownload Link
Rubén González was a Cuban pianist. He learned to play the piano at the music high school of Cienfuegos. He studied medicine but abandoned his studies due to financial difficulties. He began playing with groups in Las Villas. In 1940, he moved to Havana, where he played in the charangas of Paulina Álvarez and Paulín, with Arsenio Rodríguez, Kubavana and Senén Suárez and in the big bands Siboney and Riverside. In 1943, he released his first recording, together with Arsenio Rodríguez. During the 50s, he served as a member of the Orquesta América, Orquesta de Enrique Jorrín and CMQ. Between 1957 and 1961, he worked in Venezuela. Soon he became known in Cuba and other parts of Latin America.
González retired in the late 1980s, but started a second career in 1996 when the solo album Introducing...Rubén González was published. The next year, U.S.-musician Ry Cooder produced Buena Vista Social Club, featuring González, Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Elíades Ochoa and some other Cuban musicians. Wim Wenders produced a biographical movie under the same name, and González and his colleagues became famous all over the world.
Tracklist
01. Nuestra Cancion
02. Indestructible
03. Mil Congojas
04. Date Una Vueltecita
05. Climax
06. Fabiando
07. La Gloria Eres Tu
08. Tu Corazon Otra Vez
09. Prestame La Bicicleta
10. Todo Aquel Ayer
11. Yo Te Enseno Lola
12. Como Siento YoDownload Link
Pío Leyva looms among the giants of Cuban music. Though one of the most successful soneros of the pre-revolution era, he only earned international renown in his twilight years thanks to the landmark album and documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Born Wilfredo Pascual in Morón, Cuba, on May 5, 1917, he won a local bongo-drumming contest at the age of six and at 15 was tapped to sing with Juanito Blez's band Conjunto Caribe. Upon relocating to Havana, Leyva lent his appealingly gravelly vocals to a series of acts including Orquesta de Jesús Montago, Orquesta Raqueteros del Swing, Orquesta del Paseiro, and Sexteto Colón; he also formed a trio sponsored by a local brand of coffee, Café el Angel, and was a fixture of Cuban radio. Leyva signed to RCA Victor in 1950 and in the years to follow cut more than two dozen LPs for the label, scoring a succession of smash hits including "Un Jardinero de Amor" and "Chapaleando." Nicknamed "El Montunero de Cuba" for his matchless improvisational acumen, Leyva recorded with the likes of Mariano Mercerón, Orquesta Cosmópolita, and Niño Rivera and also sang backup for Beny Moré, who popularized his best-known composition, "Francisco Guayabal." In March 1957, Leyva was in the studio collaborating with singer/guitarist Compay Segundo when rebel forces launched their assault on Cuban president Fulgencio Batista's Havana palace. According to legend, the session was later issued commercially complete with the sound of gunfire in the background.
Tracklist
01. Asi quiero vivir
02. Lo que mas me gusta
03. Reclamo mistico
04. Yo te aviso cocoliso
05. Memorias por alla
06. Que no muera la rumba
07. No volvere a enamore
08. Mulata y sandunga
09. Chofer no paraguero si
10. Yo no soy mentiroso
11. Secretico
12. Quien te llama no te engana
13. Mujer pachanguera
14. Tamborito cubano
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Celia Cruz was a three-time Grammy Award and four-time Latin Grammy winning Cuban-American salsa singer who spent most of her career living in New Jersey, and working in the United States and several Latin American countries. Cruz was one of the most successful Cuban performers of the 20th century, with twenty-three gold albums to her name and has earned the moniker of the "La guarachera de Cuba"
Tracklist
01. Yerbero Moderno
02. Contestacion al marinero
03. Mi soncito
04. Burundanga
05. Juancito Trucupey
06. Muñecas del cha cha cha
07. El congo
08. Ven, Bernabe
09. Ritmo de mi Cuba
10. La isla del encanto
11. Mi coquito
12. Por que sera
13. Tamborilero
14. Baila, baila Vicente
15. Al vaiven de Palmeras
16. Cuidate bien
17. Tumba la caña Jibarito
18. No hay nada mejor
19. Sigo esperando
20. Juntitos tu y yoDownload Link
The Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer emerged as the most popular star of the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon. Ibrahim who is pictured on the cover of that classic album, was the audience favourite from the Wim Wenders' film and he went on to record solo albums produced by Ry Cooder and tour the world to a rapturous reception. Now World Circuit is proud to announce the release of his final album `Mi Sueno' (My Dream) the project he dreamed of realising all his life - an album devoted to the most meltingly romantic of all Cuban styles - the bolero.
