![]() ![]() He knew all the best songs and the way to do them. According to Cooder, “the whole album turned on Compay. The oldest musician on the album is the 89-year-old giant of Cuban music, guitarist and vocalist Compay Segundo. Arrangements and instrumentation were worked out during recording according to the feel of the individual songs, and the vast majority of the performances were recorded 'live' in one or two takes. The album has an intimate, natural charm that comes from musicians totally at ease with other, sharing a deep passion and understanding for the music and playing a repertoire suggested by themselves. 'Buena Vista Social Club' is both the name given to this extraordinary pool of musicians and the album, recorded in just six days in Havana’s 1950s vintage Egrem studios. ![]() The Africans failed to make the trip, but recording went ahead anyway. Cooder replied within hours saying he would be there. World Circuit’s Nick Gold invited Ry Cooder to participate, having worked together before on Ali Farka Touré’s 1994 Grammy Award–winning Talking Timbuktu. The original idea behind Buena Vista was to record a collaboration between a number of African and Cuban guitarists. This Grammy award winning album features legendary guitarist Ry Cooder on assorted guitars with the cream of Cuban's finest musicians. Info for Buena Vista Social Club (Remaster) ![]()
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