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habernac · 04-27-2009, 08:39 AM

For Jazz/Blues/classic I'll take Buena Vista Social Club

A real treat to listen to. Grab the DVD if you can find it. Both sad and uplifting to see the passion these old musicians still have after all these years.

here's wiki:

Buena Vista Social Club is a studio album by Cuban bandleader and musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians, released September 16, 1997 on World Circuit Records. The album was produced by Cooder who travelled to Cuba to record sessions with the musicians, many of whom were previously largely unknown outside Cuba. The musicians and the songs were later also featured in a documentary film of the same name. The music featured on the album was inspired by the Buena Vista Social Club, a membership club that was at its height during the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the musicians performing on the record were either former performers at the club or were prominent Cuban musicians during the era of the club's existence. Other younger musicians on the record trace their musical roots back to pre-revolutionary Cuban music, mainly the famous Havana musical scene of the 1950s.
Buena Vista Social Club started a craze in the Western World for Latin American music, particularly Cuban music,[citation needed] while it also earned a considerable amount of critical praise and has received numerous accolades from several music writers and publications.[2] In 2003, the album was ranked number 260 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[3] one of only two albums on the list to be produced in a non-English speaking country.

04-27-2009, 08:39 AM	#1040
habernac Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: sector 7G Exp:	For Jazz/Blues/classic I'll take Buena Vista Social Club A real treat to listen to. Grab the DVD if you can find it. Both sad and uplifting to see the passion these old musicians still have after all these years. here's wiki: Buena Vista Social Club is a studio album by Cuban bandleader and musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians, released September 16, 1997 on World Circuit Records. The album was produced by Cooder who travelled to Cuba to record sessions with the musicians, many of whom were previously largely unknown outside Cuba. The musicians and the songs were later also featured in a documentary film of the same name. The music featured on the album was inspired by the Buena Vista Social Club, a membership club that was at its height during the 1940s and 1950s. Many of the musicians performing on the record were either former performers at the club or were prominent Cuban musicians during the era of the club's existence. Other younger musicians on the record trace their musical roots back to pre-revolutionary Cuban music, mainly the famous Havana musical scene of the 1950s. Buena Vista Social Club started a craze in the Western World for Latin American music, particularly Cuban music,[citation needed] while it also earned a considerable amount of critical praise and has received numerous accolades from several music writers and publications.[2] In 2003, the album was ranked number 260 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time,[3] one of only two albums on the list to be produced in a non-English speaking country.