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| Group Members: Ry Cooder, Omara Portuondo, Joachim Cooder, Julio Fernandez, Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaito..., Eliades Ochoa, Carlos González, Manuel ...View All
Group Members: Ry Cooder, Omara Portuondo, Joachim Cooder, Julio Fernandez, Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaito..., Eliades Ochoa, Carlos González, Manuel "El Guajir..., Benito Suárez Magana, Julienne Oviedo S..., Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Juan de Marcos Go..., Salvador Repilado..., Manuel "Puntillit..., Luis Barzaga, Lázaro Villa ...Close
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| Biography: Less a band than an assemblage of some of Cuba's most renowned musical forces, Buena Vista Social Club's origins lie with noted American guitarist Ry Cooder, who in 1996 traveled to Havana to seek out a number of legendary local musicians whose performing careers largely ended decades earlier with the ...Read full biography |
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Released: 2008 Label: World Circuit Critics' Rating:  It seems very strange that World Circuit/Nonesuch would wait ten long years to issue this historic document of the grand, wildly celebrated Buena Vista Social Club concert at Carnegie Hall. This is the ...Read full reviewReleased: 1997 Label: Nonesuch Critics' Rating:  This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. While bandleader Desi Arnaz became a huge hit in the States, ...Read full review
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