Artist : Ibrahim Ferrer
Album : Tierra Caliente - Best Of 1970-1988
Year : 1998
Genre : Latin
Quality : 252kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 1h 13m
Size : 139.9mb
Label : EGREM
Catalognr : CLEG 308
Tracklist:
01. Viene De La Tierra Caliente (1970) 3:33
02. Ma±ana Me Voy A Sibanicu (1970) 3:28
03. La Chica Del Granizado (1977) 3:52
04. Mi Tonada Montuna (1982) 5:13
05. Una Fuerza Inmensa (1977) 3:01
06. Un Son Para El Guayabero (1982) 4:37
07. Estoy Seco Y Me Guiero Mojar (1977) 3:58
08. Ahora No Puedo (1977) 3:43
09. En Que Parte De Cuba Nacio El Son (1984) 5:10
10. Todavia Me Queda Voz (1985) 5:25
11. Santa Cecilia (1982) 3:26
12. El Son De La Santiaguera (1984) 5:04
13. Esto Se Baila Y Se Toca (1982) 4:10
14. Compositor Confundido (1981) 4:32
15. Asi Es La Vida Compay (1988) 5:50
16. El Platanal De Bartolo (1977) 3:35
17. Cucuruchito De Coco (1988) 4:38
Releasenotes:
With the release of the Grammy-winning album Buena Vista Social Club and an
acclaimed documentary of the same name, Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer vaulted from
obscurity and poverty to international fame in the twilight of his life. He was
born February 20, 1927, when his mother went into labor during a dance in the
Cuban village of San Luis. By 12, Ferrer was an orphan, surviving by selling
newspapers and produce on the street. He began his professional singing career
at 14, joining his cousin's vocal group Los Jovenes del Son - Ferrer later sang
with acts including Conjunto Sorpresa, Maravilla de Beltran, Beny More, and
Electo Rosell's jazz group La Orquesta Chepφn Choven, with whom he scored the
1955 regional hit "El Platanal de Bartolo." He also sang with Pacho Alonso,
whose Santiago-based group Los Bocucos relocated to Havana in 1959 in the wake
of the Cuban Revolution - Ferrer served with Alonso on and off for over three
decades, during that time proving himself not only a master of the energetic,
uptempo guarachas and sones but also a sublime bolero singer with an uncommon
sense of space and silence.
The first months of the Revolution promised a new way of life and expanded
musical horizons. In 1962, Los Bocucos even toured Europe on the invitation of
the Communist Party, and while in Moscow Ferrer even met Soviet premier Nikita
Khruschev. Days later, the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis conspired to
strand the bandmembers in Moscow, where they remained until the blockade was
lifted. Upon his return, Ferrer found Cuba devastated by poverty - he and his
wife Carida eventually moved their 11 children into the dirt-poor Havana
district of Los Stiltos, where he resumed his performing career but also sought
out odd jobs to keep the family afloat. With American tourists now forbidden to
visit Cuba, there was little money in music, but Ferrer found the silver lining:
"The music got better after the Revolution because we weren't playing for
tourists so much," he once said. "There was a greater identification between the
musicians and the audience, which was Cuban." Ferrer nevertheless retired from
performing following a 1991 Chilean tour with Los Bocucos. He then lived on his
meager state pension, shining shoes for additional money.
The Buena Vista Social Club project grew out of discussions between Cuban
musician Juan de Marcos Gonzalez and the virtuoso American guitarist Ry Cooder,
an avowed fan of Latin-American music. In 1996 Cooder traveled to Cuba in search
of additional musicians, and Gonzalez recommended he hire Ferrer. The guitarist
was blown away by the now 69-year-old singer, who agreed to come out of
retirement to perform alongside the 89-year-old guitarist Compay Segundo and the
77-year-old pianist Ruben Gonzalez. The resulting album followed in 1997,
selling over four million copies and making global celebrities of its featured
musicians - its cover even featured Ferrer walking the streets of Havana in the
flat golfer's cap that became his trademark. Filmmaker Wim Wenders followed
Cooder back to Havana for a 1999 documentary also titled Buena Vista Social Club
- the gentle and elegant Ferrer emerged as its star, boosting sales of his
Cooder-produced, self-titled 1999 debut solo LP, which sold close to two million
copies. A follow-up, Buenos Hermanos, appeared in 2003. In the wake of a
European tour, Ferrer died of multiple organ failure in Havana on August 6,
2005.
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