| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Popular vocal and instrumental music of Cuba. |
| Performer |
Buena Vista Social Club: Compay Segundo (vocals, guitar, congas) ; Eliades Ochoa (vocals, guitar) ; Ibrahim Ferrer (vocals, bongos, clave) ; Ry Cooder (acoustic & electric slide guitar, guitar, oud, bolon, mbira, percussion) ; Rubén González (piano) ; Omara Portuondo (vocals) ; Juan de Marcos González (conductor, guiro, background vocals) ; Julio Alberto Fernández (vocals, maracas) ; Manuel "Puntillita" Licea (vocals, congas) ; Benito Suárez Magana (guitar) ; Barbarito Torres (laoud) ; Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal (trumpet) ; Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Salvador Repilado Labrada (bass) ; Joachim Cooder (drums, udu drum, dumbeck, conga) ; Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés (maracas, background vocals), Luis Barzaga (vocals) ; Carlos González, bongos, cowbell) ; Julienne Oviedo Sánchez (timbales) ; Lázaro Villa (güiro, conga). |
| Event |
Recorded at Egrem Studios, Havana, Cuba, March, 1996. |
| Contents |
Chan Chan : son / Francisco Repilado (4:16) -- De camino a la vereda : son / Ibrahim Ferrer (5:03) -- El cuarto de Tula : son / Luis Marquetti (7:27) -- Pueblo Nuevo : danzón / Rubén González (6:05) -- Dos gardenias : bolero / Isolina Carillo (3:02) -- Y tú qué has hecho? : bolero / Eusebio Delfín (3:13) -- Veinte años : bolero / María Teresa Vera (3:29) -- El carretero : guajira / Guillermo Portabales (3:28) -- Candela : son-tumbao / Faustino Oramas (5:27) -- Amor de loca juventud : influencia americana-gospel-blues / Rafael Ortiz (3:21) -- Orgullecida : influencia americana-jazz / Eliseo Silveira (3:18) -- Murmullo : ballad / Electo Rosell "Chepín" (3:50) -- Buena Vista Social Club : danzón / Orestes López (4:50) -- La Bayamesa : criolla / Sindo Garay (2:54). |
| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Awards |
Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Performance, 1997. |
| Language |
Sung in Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Cuba.
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Dance music -- Cuba.
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Jazz -- Cuba.
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Jazz -- 1991-2000.
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Sones.
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Boleros (Music)
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| Music No. |
79478-2 Nonesuch |
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