Buena Vista Social Club ft Ibrahim Ferrer "Compositor Confundido"

The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s. In the 1990s, nearly 50 years after the club was closed, it inspired a recording made by Cuban musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians, some of whom were veterans who had performed at the club during the height of its popularity.

The album named "Buena Vista Social Club" , after the Havana institution, was recorded at EGREM (Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales; Spanish for musical recording and publishing company) a Cuban label, located in Havana. EGREM was founded in 1964 after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. German director Wim Wenders captured the performance on film, followed by a second concert in Carnegie Hall, New York City for a documentary that included interviews with the musicians conducted in Havana. Wenders's film, also called Buena Vista Social Club, was released to critical acclaim, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary feature and winning numerous accolades including Best Documentary at the European Film Awards.

The success of both the album and film sparked a revival of international interest in traditional Cuban music and Latin American music in general. Some of the Cuban performers later released well-received solo albums and recorded collaborations with international stars from different musical genres. The "Buena Vista Social Club" name became an umbrella term to describe these performances and releases, and has been likened to a brand label that encapsulates Cuba's "musical golden age" between the 1930s and 1950s. The new success was fleeting for the most recognizable artists in the ensemble: Compay Segundo, Rubén González, and Ibrahim Ferrer, who died at the ages of ninety-five, eighty-four, and seventy-eight respectively; Segundo and González in 2003, then Ferrer in 2005.

Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Afro-Cuban All Stars. Later in life, Ferrer became a member of the internationally successful Buena Vista Social Club. His increasing popularity led to collaborations with contemporary acts such as Gorillaz.

This song was written by Faustino Oramas Osorío, El Guayabero who appears in the first clip of this video, ( born in Holguin 4 January 1911 27 March 2007). He was a Cuban singer, tres guitarist and composer and the last surviving member of the traditional Cuban trova. Most of his repertoire consisted of sons and guaracha-sons, many with double entendres in the lyrics. One of his compositions was included in the Buena Vista Social Club album.

Skillful master of the double meaning, the Cuban's idiosyncrasy, his ingenuity, witty remarks and his love for highly erotic themes amusingly disguised are some of his main features. Unlike most trovadors, Oramas played sons rather than boleros, though this was also true, to some extent, of the famous Trio Matamoros. His preferred instrument was the tres, which is a typical instrument of the son; most other trovadors such as María Teresa Vera or Carlos Puebla played the Spanish guitar. However, his backing groups usually included a Spanish guitar in the basic rhythm.

Trova is one of the great roots of the Cuban music tree. In the 19th century there grew up in Oriente, and especially Santiago de Cuba, a group of itinerant musicians, troubadors, who moved around earning their living by singing and playing the guitar. According to one writer, to qualify as a trovador in Cuba, a person should a) sing songs of his own composition, or of others of the same kind; b) accompany himself on the guitar; and c) deal poetically with the song. This definition fits best the singers of boleros, and less well the Afrocubans singing funky sones (El Guayabero) or even guaguancós and abakuá (Chicho Ibáñez). It rules out, perhaps unfairly, such as Bola de Nieve, who always accompanied himself on the piano.

Son Cubano (Cuban Son), is a style of music that originated in Cuba and was popular in the 1920s to 1950s worldwide. Son combines the structure and elements of Spanish canción and the Spanish guitar with African rhythms and percussion instruments of Bantu and Arará origin. In New York City, it mixed with other musical styles to influence the creation of salsa music.

The word son has also come to be used for other traditional rural musical styles of Spanish-speaking countries. For example, in Mexico the Son Jarocho of Veracruz and the Son Huasteca of the Sierra Huasteca constitute distinct popular musical styles whose concept has been historically linked with indigenous musical styles.

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[Rastafari19837]

Gracias from Greece...

Cuba for Ever

[warehambears13]

Wonderful Ibrahim - God Bless him - what a great man and singer

[lagringuita2121]

It's impossible not to dance.

[capvallejo]

oiga compay mucho tema

[mooradT]

Répondre à cette vidéo... viva cuba libre gracias ibrahim ferrer me queda voz waw

[profesorjodedor]

in spanish sounds very humorous, and the singer is incredible

[profesorjodedor]

the composer is mistaken because instead of using the honorables simbols of cuba like the beauty of the city, he talked about "rita la caimana", rita is a woman and caimana means crocodaile girl, so it must be like a go go dancer or a vedet. how the havana got glory simbols,

dont have to put in her history one "rita the crocodaile girl"

jaajajaja...

[NickErdody3]

love this man, sad i only knew of him after he died



[crashmediainc]

Sabor! True Cuban folk soul and flavor in this guaguanco. Before the 'syncopa' revolutionzed the sound. Great track!

[1LifeTattoos]

the first song i ever heard by him - but i love Nuestra Ruca and no one has that one up here on youtube. I'm a collector of his stuff now. his music just makes me want to get up and dance anytime. always makes me happy - i love him

[kayo61]

@hknclskn1

Tienes razón ! You're right !

Selamlar

[patjustine]

They are unique i feel the African beat