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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 ...
He also played with a variety of other top bands, including Orquesta del ICRT the official orchestra of Cuban state radio and television. In 1996 he became a key member of the extended Buena Vista Social Club™ family, playing on all three albums recorded over that extraordinary fortnight in Havana.
Featured Buena Vista Social Club Artists. Ibrahim Ferrer. The son and bolero master vocalist had a fabled entrance into this world: he was born in Santiago in 1927 at a social club...
This month, we are marking the 25th anniversary of a beloved classic of Cuban music - the "Buena Vista Social Club" is the name of the record and the group that recorded it.
It has been up to Buena Vista’s surviving members, themselves now in their 60s and 70s, to carry the torch. ... The only veterans of the original Buena Vista Social Club are Ramos and upright ...
By Isabelia Herrera Jon Pareles and Giovanni Russonello. Sept. 16, 2021. “Buena Vista Social Club,” which was recorded 25 years ago and released in 1997, was the unlikeliest of...
Behind them were some of the finest musicians Cuba had to offer, including the bassist Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López, who provided the heartbeart, trumpet player Manuel ‘Guajiro’ Mirabal, who added the flair, and Barbarito Torres the virtuoso laoúd player.