Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa ( born June 22, 1946 in Alto Songo Songo - La Maya, in the province of Santiago de Cuba ) is a Cuban guitarist and singer.

Ochoa grew up listening to his parents in the country. In 1958 he, Tres began to play a specially played in Cuba type of guitar. As a young man he played as a street musician in Santiago, to support his parents financially. In 1978 he joined the band Cuarteto Patria, which had been known since the 1940s in Cuba.

He received worldwide recognition ' by the same name, produced by Ry Cooder album " Buena Vista Social Club" and Wim Wenders film. Ochoa won the 2012 Grammy Award for " Best Tropical Latin Album " for his album "Un bolero para ti ".

Discography

See also Buena Vista Social Club

Album

  • A una coqueta (1993, Cuarteto Patria as )
  • The Lion Is Loose (Se SOLTO un leon ) (1996, as Cuarteto Patria)
  • CubAfrica ( 1998. Having Manu Dibango )
  • Sublime ilusión (1999)
  • Tributo al Cuarteto Patria (2000)
  • Estoy como nunca (2002)
  • Un bolero para ti (2012 )

In the project AfroCubism:

  • Afro-Cubism (2010)

Singles

  • My Papacito (Son Montuno )
  • Chan Chan ( Eliades Ochoa & Compay Segundo ) (1997 )
  • El carretero (1997)
  • El cuarto de Tula ( Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer & ) (1997 )
  • Qué Lio compay Andrés (2005)
  • Hemingway ( Eliades Ochoa & Bløf ) (2006 )
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