#cuban-music — Public Fediverse posts

Entspannte Musik? Der Griff in meine #PlattenSammlung verschmilzt kubanische mit jazzy Elementen und einem afro-caribean groove. Bitteschön:

Havana Night Jazz
handgefertigt von den Jungs der Midnight Birds Jazz Band
https://youtu.be/cYnNNiucrFk

#Jazz #CubanMusic #Salsa #Son #LatinJazz #AfroCubanGroove

[ PS: Meine Güte muss ich aufpassen. Es gibt so viel AI-generiete Musik zu diesem Genre da draußen. Das ist eine ganz neue Form von Kolonialismus und kultureller Aneignung. Widerlich. ]

Estrellas de Areito – Los Heroes (1979/1998, Cuba)

Our next spotlight is on number 678 on The List, submitted by platenworm.

Want to listen to over 2 hours of Cuban music? Were you perhaps, like I was, left wanting more Rubén González on piano after listening to Buena Vista Social Club?

Estrellas de Areito (“The Stars of Areito”) was an ensemble of over 30 Cuban all-star musicians, including the aforementioned González, formed around an idea by African record producer Raoul Diomandé to create a Cuban version of the mostly Puerto Rican Fania All Stars. Directed by Juan Pablo Torres, in 1979 the ensemble – which spanned 3 generations and 10 of Cuba’s finest bands – gathered in Havana to record improvisational jam sessions (descargas). The sessions ended up filling 5 whole LPs, put out by EGREM, Cuba’s national record label. And while those albums ultimately had poor distribution in Cuba (and had poor packaging with next to no information, at that) and so did not get the attention they deserved at home, they found success when they reached Venezuela, as well as parts of Africa and France. Those original albums are gathered here, in a 2-CD set.

Enjoy! And, if you like reading some fine print and want to know more about the project and the ensemble members, make sure you click on the image in the Discogs link to read through the extensive liner notes.

• YouTube:
  • Estrellas de Areito – Los Heroes (CD 1)
  • Estrellas de Areito – Los Heroes (CD 2)
• Discogs: Estrellas de Areito – Los Heroes

“This anecdote showcases the impurity of #American #music. “ #ChickCorea learned #Cubanmusic from playing along with #VinceGuaraldi” is a true sentence.” open.substack.com/pub/iverson/... #jazz #JazzSky #LatinMusic

TT 564: Back to School: Commen...

This morning's #workout #music is from Irakere from #Cuba - latin grooves that never end. Great stuff.

https://youtu.be/ID0UEuZbk5w
#CubanMusic #LatinRock #LatinJazz #JazzFusion #KettleBells #BambooStaff

Tata Güines sur la scène de l'Elyséée Montmartre en 1997.
FineArtPrints @ revelles.fr https://tinyurl.com/2ru4ffuw
#argentique #filmphotography #musiquecubaine #cubanmusic #musiquelatine #latinmusic #cubanmusician #musiciencubain #fineart #fineartprints #tataguines #elyseemontmartre #photodeconcert #tumbadora #percussionist

Celia Cruz et Pedro Knight au Bataclan le 27 juin 1997. Pedro Knight (1921-2007) était un trompettiste cubain. Il jouait dans le groupe de Celia Cruz (1925-2003) qu'il épousa en 1962.
Celia Cruz and Pedro Knight at the Bataclan on June 27, 1997. Pedro Knight (1921–2007) was a Cuban trumpeter. He played in the band of Celia Cruz (1925-2003) whom he married in 1962.
Fine Art Prints on https://tinyurl.com/58kn999k
#argentique #filmphotography #celiacruz #bataclan #concert #salsa #lareinadelasalsa #thequeenofsalsa #musiquecubaine #cubanmusic #musiquelatine #latinmusic #fineart #fineartprints #pedroknight

Celia Cruz au Bataclan le 27 juin 1997. Quelques années plus tard, je devenais l'un de ses agents pour l'Europe avec une longue série de concerts et d'histoires. Celia Cruz at the Bataclan on June 27, 1997. A few years later, I became one of her agents for Europe with a long series of concerts and stories.
Fine Art Prints @ Revelles.fr : https://tinyurl.com/mr45k8ma
#argentique #filmphotography #celiacruz #bataclan #concert #salsa #lareinadelasalsa #thequeenofsalsa #musiquecubaine #cubanmusic #musiquelatine #latinmusic #fineart #fineartprints

Compay Segundo pseudonyme de Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz (1907-2003), guitariste et chanteur cubain, lors d'un concert au Bataclan le 26 juin 1997.
Fine Art prints on https://tinyurl.com/5ya3fb5c
#argentique #filmphotography #compaysegundo #cubanmusician #musiciencubain #bataclan #buenavistasocialclub #cubanmusic #musiquecubaine #latinmusic #musiquelatine #revelles

This looks cool.

https://davidvirelles.bandcamp.com/album/igb-al-ko-rin-the-singer-s-grove-vol-iii-director-s-cut

#cubanMusic #jazz #experimentalMusic #bandcamp #music

Compay Segundo et Benito Suárez dans les loges du Bataclan avant leur concert du 26 juin 1997. En arrière plan on distingue l'ami RKK. Bien avant le Buena Vista Social Club, Compay Segundo jouait encore avec sa vielle guitare et ne portait pas le costume.
#salsamusic #musiquelatine #compaysegundo #benitosuarez #bataclan #buenavistasocialclub #cubanmusic #cubanmusicians #musicienscubains #argentique #filmphotography #rkk #backstage

Self-Titled Summer | Buena Vista Social Club (1997, Cuba)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 461 on The List, submitted by dharmadischarge. Here’s a quick rundown:

• Point of origin(s): In 1996, a Havana-based project headed by British music producer and World Circuit record label executive Nick Gold was meant to result in a collaboration between Cuban and African musicians, plus American guitarist Ry Cooder.(1) In the end, the musicians from Africa were unable to make it to Havana, and instead three albums of Cuban music resulted from the ensemble of mostly local musicians, all released the following year: A Toda Cuba le Gusta, the first album under the collective name Afro-Cuban All Stars (led by Juan de Marcos González); Introducing… Rubén González, highlighting the ensemble’s fantastic piano player; and, the album we look at here, the first and only studio album under the collective name Buena Vista Social Club, named after the music venue in Havana that was popular in the 1940s. The lineups aren’t exactly the same across all three recordings, but on this album is: Luis Barzaga, Julio Alberto Fernández Colina, Ibrahim Ferrer, Carlos González, Juan de Marcos González, Rubén González, Manuel “Puntillita” Licea, Orlando “Cachaíto” López, Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Salvador Repilado Labrada, Julienne Oviedo Sánchez, Compay Segundo, Benito Suárez, Barbarito Torres, Alberto “Virgilio” Valdés, Lázaro Villa, and Ry Cooder and his son Joachim Cooder.
• Tasting notes: Son cubano, bolero, descarga, danzón, guajira, criolla, jazz, sunshine, and the biggest selling Cuban album ever.
• Standout track: The first track “Chan Chan” is such a great vibe-setter so I’ll go with that, but also “Pueblo Nuevo”, one of the tracks that is primarily Rubén González on piano. Oh and, given our series title here, the self-titled track.
• Where are they now?/RIP: While this is the only studio album put out by the collective, the immediate, explosive success of this album made “Buena Vista Social Club” into essentially a brand name for the collective members who went on to release solo projects (indeed, the official website uses ™ behind the name). But, as many of the musicians had already retired long before making this album and had been “in their prime” in the 1940s and 50s – one member, Compay Segundo, was just shy of his 90th birthday in the recording sessions! – it’s likely no surprise that at least a handful of the musicians have since left us, some not too long after the release of this album, including Licea in 2000, Segundo and R. González in 2003, Ferrer in 2005, and López in 2009.
  There’s a LOT to dig into around this collective and the overall impact/importance of this album on the world’s interest in Cuban and Latin American music. A good place to start might be Wim Wenders’ 1999 documentary of the same name.
• Websites: Band website, Wikipedia, documentary

Happy listening!

• Songlink: Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
• Discogs: Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club

1. As a bonus Self-Titled Summer entry if you haven’t yet checked it out, we listened to Ry Cooder not too long ago in our spotlight on Taj Mahal’s s/t album. ↩︎

#1990s #BuenaVistaSocialClub #Cuba #CubanMusic #Havana #music #musicDiscovery #RyCooder #selftitled #sonCubano

Irakere - Irakere

Some #cubanMusic while I contemplate dinner menus. #vinyl @vinylrecords #jazz #jazzFusion #LatinJazz #NowPlaying

This morning's #workout #music is from Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita's SUBA Trio #AfricanMusic #percussion #Kora #Piano #LatinMusic #CubanMusic

https://youtu.be/KUm6f0QJ_FI

Followed up with Orgone, from LA, who do #SoutMusic #Funk in a style that would make you think they are from Ohio

https://youtu.be/FCTzGMW3X3A

The tale of the cigar' is a very short and almost unknown text by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen.
The text is also a sociopolitical statement on slavery.
Discover it in a musical set-up: https://ballhaus.dk/en/post/tale-of-the-cigar

#hcandersen #hanschristianandersen #classicalmusic #cubanmusic #viaartiskonsort
@classical

'The tale of the cigar' is a very short and almost unknown text by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen. The text is also a sociopolitical statement on slavery. The Ballhaus blog: ballhaus.dk/en/post/tale... #hcandersen #hanschristianandersen #classicalmusic #cubanmusic #viaartiskonsort

The Tale of the Cigar | BALLHA...

'The tale of the cigar' is a very short and almost unknown text by Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen.
The text is also a sociopolitical statement on slavery.
Discover it in a musical set-up: https://ballhaus.dk/en/post/tale-of-the-cigar

#hcandersen #hanschristianandersen #classicalmusic #cubanmusic #viaartiskonsort
@classicalmusic
@music

Kiki Valera Se Quema La Chumbambá La Familia Valera Miranda – Música Cubana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zcjZoqZ7Xs

#soundcheck #pouetradio #CubanMusic 🇨🇺

This evening we discovered Cimafunk on Arte Concert.

https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/120190-004-A/cimafunk/

"Cimafunk is the ultimate blend of funk and Cuban music. An unstoppable cocktail that the musician serves up with generosity at the Nuits¡ de Fourvière."

They're fantastic! ¡Pura vida!

#JukeboxFridayNight
#YoungAtHeart
#Funk #CubanMusic

As chosen by survey on Mastodon, today’s spotlight is on number 456 of The List, submitted by platenworm.

I’m tempted to have the entire write up just say “This album made me happy, go listen to it”. Because I was having an absolutely crappy, anxiety-filled day when I put this on, and – nearly immediately – it calmed my brain down. Like human catnip, or something. I’m not familiar with this music style nor this musician, and I have no idea what any of the songs are about since I don’t speak Spanish, but I loved it. So, in some ways, for some of you, perhaps that’s all you need to know – that it’s magic.

For those who need a bit more, here are some facts, according to the Internets. Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist Guillermo Portabales was an active musician for nearly 40 years, moving between Cuba, Columbia, and Puerto Rico. He was most known for popularizing the guajira style of Cuban music, the traditional music of the “guajiros”, slang for countryside people or “peasants”. Portabales’ particular flavor of the style was known as “la guajira de salón”. This album is a compilation of recording sessions from the 1960s. Portabales died in 1970 when he was hit by a car after leaving a gig.

An interesting tidbit in the Wikipedia article on Portabales is that Kékélé, a primarily Congolese band, recorded an entire album of songs either written or performed by Portabales, but in a Congolese style and with the lyrics in Lingala rather than Spanish – the 2006 Kinavana. I can’t tell offhand if any of the songs that appear on Kinavana are also on this Portabales compilation, but it’s also a lovely album to check out.

• Youtube: Guillermo Portabales – El Carretero
• Discogs: Guillermo Portabales – El Carretero
• Wikipedia: Guillermo Portabales

[Alt text for accompanying image: The album artwork is a bright painting of four (presumably Cuban) men, wearing hats and yellow or blue shirts. There is a black horse with a rooster sitting on its back. Houses and hills are in the background, with a yellow sky. The artist’s name is at the top in black font, followed by the album title.]

https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/03/26/guillermo-portabales-el-carretero-1996-cuba/

#1001OtherAlbums #1960s #Cuba #CubanMusic #guajira #GuillermoPortabales #guitar

“I feel the reason we respect [#jazz greats] is because they were mavericks.“ - David Leon

‘Bird’s Eye’ out on Pyroclastic Records on 3/8/24.

https://postgenre.org/breath-david-leon/

#davidleon #doyeonkim #lesleymok
#music #art #koreantraditionalmusic #cubanmusic #postgenre #postgenremedia

@pinskal
#cuba #artecubano #cubanmusic #musica #cubanas

Son Cubano NYC: Cuban Roots, New York Spices (1972-82) #vinyl #CubanMusic #NowPlaying @vinylrecords

Siboney, played by the Sextetos National (of #Cuba), 1931 or so. #CubanMusic #boricua #MusicaCubana
https://youtu.be/6oY_owYeazI?si=tDeS3wx-TXhZpeZg

@icastico @vinylrecords
👍
And one for the road 😉#CubanMusic #Latin #LatinRock #vinyl
Recorded at Havanna, Cuba 1974
Released by Love Records, Helsinki, Finland

https://www.discogs.com/release/762516-Grupo-Irakere-Grupo-Irakere

https://fi.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_Love_Recordsin_albumeista
Search "Grupo Irakere"

Irakere - Irakere (1979) #CubanMusic #Latin #LatinRock #vinyl @vinylrecords #crateDigging #NowPlaying