The Money Show
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Cuba theme! Discussion of:
- Buena Vista Social Club (1996)
- EGREM: Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales, founded in 1964 as Cuba’s national record label after the nationalization of the Cuban music industry
- Cuban Revolution of 1959
- Guajiro, son, mambo, bolero, danzón
Notable members of Buena Vista Social Club:
- Compay Segundo (already in his 80s at this time)
- Ruben Gonzales (pianist)
- Ibrahim Ferrer (singer)
- Eliades Ochoa (guitarist)
- Omara Portuondo (cantante veterana)
- Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal (trumpetista y laúd or Cuban lute, which is characteristic of guajiro)
- Barbarito Torres
- Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos
Genre
Eclectic
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Monday 8/26/2024 @ 3:00PM - 4:30PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celia Cruz | Guantanamera | Bravo | ||
| Airbreak | ||||
| Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club | Buena Vista Social Club | The tune of the real Buena Vista Social Club! (from the Buenavista quarter of Havana, Cuba. | |
| Ruben Gonzales | Melodía del Río | Introducing | Ruben Gonzales was a Cuban pianist who 'forged modern piano playing in the 1940s'.. was in his late seventies w/ the formation of the Buena Vista Social Club project. | |
| Eliades Ochoa | Soy Guajiro | Guajiro | Eliades Ochoa was a Cuban guitarist, seen as the 'star/leader' of Buena Vista Social Club. | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Ibrahim Ferrer | Bruca Maniguá | Ibrahim Ferrer | Singer (also an older member) | |
| Compay Segundo | Lágrimas negras | Calle Salud (France) | Guitarist (older member) Nueva Trova s | |
| Los Zafiros | Bossa Cubana | Mirame Fijo | harmony vocal groups | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Buena Vista Social Club | Chan Chan | Buena Vista Social Club | ||
| Omara Portuondo | No Me Llores Más | Omara Portuondo | Cuban singer and dancer part of Buena Vista Social club as well! She was in her seventies during the formation and she still makes music today. | |
| Bebo Valdés, Chucho Valdés | Tres Palabras | Juntos para Siempre | Father and son collaboration. Bebo Valdes fled Cuba in 1960s to Mexico for exile, and then moved to Sweden where he remarried. | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Ry Cooder, Manuel Galbán | Drume negrita | Mambo Sinuendo | Known for his use of slide guitar. | |
| Joachim Cooder | Come Along Buddy | Over That Road I'm Bound | also collaborated on Buena Vista Social Club at just 19 years old. Percussionist but now makes music on an electric mbira/kalimba. | |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Pérez Prado | Mambo No. 5 | Mambo | MAMBO STARTED IN CUBA!! | |
| Cachao | Cogele el Golpe | Descaragas | ||
| Celia Cruz | La Negra Tiene Tumbao | La Negra Tiene Tumbao | ||
| Airbreak | ||||
| Mongo Santamaria | Sofrito | Sofrito | ||