Ibrahim Ferrer (20 February 1927 – 6 August 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban musician in Cuba.

They sought to revive 1920's classic son, which came from the mountain range on the east of…Arturo Sandoval (November 6, 1949 - ) is a Cuban-American jazz and classical trumpeter.Fronted by the irrepressible Natty Bo, Ska Cubano mix Cuban and Jamaican music with style and verve!!
If you're a fan, you might be interested in the boxed set collection (6 discs) that contains all his RCA Victor recordings from 1940-1956. From the working class communities of Havana and Matanzas to contemporary dancefloors around the globe, rumba music has been an essential part of Cuban culture since the late 19th century. The rhythms are complex and instrumental interplay are complex, the pace frenetic.

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Even though we might not be able to visit, there's no one stopping the joy of listening to Cuban music.Here is a list of the songs and albums that bring to life the island that has influenced modern Latin music like no other. Both are inspiring.

The project was…Ibrahim Ferrer (20 February 1927 – 6 August 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban musician in Cuba.Born at a dance in San Luis, Cuba, near the city of…Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz.

(*Siboney, 18 de noviembre de 1907 - † La Habana, 14 de julio de 2003). He is most famous for being the…Sierra Maestra are a Cuban band started in 1976. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. For that extra feeling of 'being there', you might want to check-out the DVD. There's no way to tour Cuba without hearing Los Van Van everywhere you go. Lean back, turn up the volume and feel the island breeze as we go on a musical tour of Cuba with these top picks. Cuban cigars are a passion of mine and over the years have built up an unrivaled reputation for providing only the finest premium quality Cuban cigars around along with top-notch bespoke service.



The music of the countryside, known collectively as musica campensina, gave rise to guajira, the lyrical, sweet musical form that extols the virtues of the land and Cuba’s beauty, while the trova, another rural style of music from the eastern part of the island, dispersed news and gossip, often through satire.The Cuban bolero, evolving from the trova, is the epitome of the romantic love song. This list aims to compile the most essential songs in the history of Cuban music, ordered chronologically by year of composition.

He joined the jazz band ‘Swing Casino’ on 1953…Orquesta Aragón is a Cuban charanga band which was formed on 30 September 1939 by double bassist Orestes Aragón Cantero in Cienfuegos, Cuba.… Even though we might not be able to visit, there's no one stopping the joy of listening to Cuban music.Here is a list of the songs and albums that bring to life the island that has influenced modern Latin music like no other.

He learned to play the piano at the…Celia Cruz (born as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso in La Habana, Cuba on 21 October 1925 – died 16 July 2003) was a Cuban-American…Eliades Ochoa (born 22 June 1946) is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago…Irakere (Yoruba for "vegetation") is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés in 1973 that won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording…Israel "Cachao" López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008) was a Cuban double bassist and composer who helped popularize mambo in the United…Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (April 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban percussionist.