Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club, originally El Club Social de Buena Vista, is the name of Danzon by Israel López, who was taken in 1996 by the U.S. guitarist Ry Cooder, among others, a project with Cuban musicians. The name was chosen for the entire recording project; ultimately he served not only as the title of the CD, but designated as a brand of the label World Circuit quite a number of recordings and tours, as well as a film and colloquially other productions with the original parties Cuban artists. The award of the Grammy to Ry Cooder for the CD production in 1998, as well as his 1999 eponymous documentary film by Wim Wenders, the merged under this name musicians were known worldwide.
Music project by Ry Cooder and Juan de Marcos González
In 1996, the American musician Ry Cooder traveled for a project with African musicians, which then did not materialize, to Cuba. There are pictures already with Juan de Marcos González and the Afro Cuban All Stars ran for the record label of the two, Nick Gold's World Circuit. González had been played as Tresero and director of the Sierra Maestra traditional son and realized for the first time a project that revived the orchestral Son of the 1950s again. Cooder took over the All Stars and was inspired by González representative ( in addition to the more typical for his projects players of stringed instruments Eliades Ochoa and Barbarito Torres) singers of this style recommend - in fact, they represent a part of the gefeaturten at the All Stars soloists dar. Both A Toda Cuba Le Gusta Afro- Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club should be nominated for a Grammy in 1997 in the category Tropical Latin performance. The end of the production period was used for Rubén González ' first solo album Introducing Rubén González, and all three CDs were released on the market together.
The title track of the CD Buena Vista Social Club called for a venue - the Social Club in Buena Vista, a suburb of Havana - which was very popular in the 1940s and 1950s, and where some of the musicians were already occurred.
The BVSC project proved to be very successful. Especially in the Western world were from the CD Buena Vista Social Club significantly more copies sold than expected. It therefore plans were made for follow-up projects.
Awards for the CD Buena Vista Social Club
Musician list
The most important, also featured in the film soloists of the music project were
In the film about Cuban musicians put out before following detail: Orlando " Cachaito " Lopez, bass; Amadito Valdes, drums; Manuel " Guajiro " Mirabal, trumpet; Barbarito Torres, lute.
Documentary by Wim Wenders
The idea for the film evolved from the original success of the CD: 1998, after he had won with the album Buena Vista Social Club, the most important music award Grammy, Ry Cooder traveled to Cuba again. He planned to record a solo album with the singer Ibrahim Ferrer. Cooder brought with him a long-time friend, the German film director Wim Wenders and his film crew. The result was the highly successful documentary during the recording of the album and then during some concerts.
Follow-on projects
The CD and the eponymous film made the musician known to a worldwide audience. They continued their artistic work continued, completed a large number of international concerts and several of them gave out solo albums. In the series, Buena Vista Social Club, published by World Circuit ( according to the three original CDs) albums:
- Buena Vista Social Club presents Ibrahim Ferrer
- Buena Vista Social Club presents Omara Portuondo
- Rubén González: Chanchullo
- Orlando " Cachaíto " López: Cachaíto
- Ibrahim Ferrer Buenos Hermanos
- Omara Portuondo Flor de Amor
- Buena Vista Social Club presents Manuel " Guajiro " Mirabal
- Anga Díaz: Echu Mingua
- Ibrahim Ferrer: Mi Sueño
Even after the death of three of the five involved in the original project soloists Cuban Buena Vista Social Club brand was continued. To date (as of 2012) traveling under the name Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and some of the remaining Incoming Cuban musicians on a regular basis to be well attended international concert tours. The band is led by Jesús Ramos. In September 2012, the upcoming production of the first CD was announced for a decade. On the recordings Omara Portuondo and the stars Eliades Ochoa to be involved.
The success of the Buena Vista Social Club made for numerous imitations, some of which also the ( non-protected ) district named " Buena Vista " for their projects used ( " The Bar at Buena Vista ", " Pasión de Buena Vista ", "Live from Buena Vista ", etc.). As a term is today, thanks to the effect achieved by film and CDs far more well known than the term " Son ", which actually refers to the traditional Cuban music style mainly used within the Buena Vista Social Club project "Buena Vista " outside Cuba.