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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 I
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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
Tracklist
01. Balcon de santiago (Francisco Repilado) bolero son
02. La lengua (Francisco Repilado) guaracha
03. Guananey (Francisco Repilado) son
04. Juramento (Miguel Matamoros) bolero
05. Ahora me da pena (Francisco Repilado) son
06. Filiberto (Francisco Repilado) bolero son
07. Oui parle français (Francisco Repilado) merengue
08. La juma de ayer (Walfrido Guevara) guaracha
09. Siguel el paso no 1 (Francisco Repilado) son
10. La mujer del peso (Sara N.Rodriguez) guaracha
11. Sera cuando tu digas (Mozo Borguella) son montuno
12. Un jardinero de amor (Radames isaac) merengue
13. Voy pa'mayari ((Francisco Repilado) son
14. Anita (Francisco Repilado, Hierrezuelo) son montuno
15. Siguel el paso no 2 (Francisco Repilado) son Download Link
