Buena vista social club 1999 g 0604 1999 us documentary, music 1h 45m user score. Buena vista social club hasta siempre comandante che. Since 1997, the band has toured the world in multiple. The film is an international coproduction of germany, the united states, the united kingdom, france, and cuba. I was a big fan of their music since their album black up dropped in 2011. The son and bolero master vocalist had a fabled entrance into this world. The film won numerous awards such as the bo gey award in germany for.
Most of the original stars are now gone i believe omara is the only big name left and the official orquesta buena vista social club is still on its global farewell tour, so your chances of finding anything in cuba with more than a passing relationship to the original are slim at best. 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. Buena vista social club concert tickets are on sale. Since 1997, the band has toured the world in multiple occasions, culminating in the 201415. Sonics through the years ry cooder has introduced his fans and listeners to an astounding variety of musical forms drawn from the. Buena vista social club is one of the most natural sounding recordings youll ever hear. It is named for a danzon that became the title piece of the album buena vista social club. Buena vista social club is both the name given to this extraordinary pool of musicians and the album, recorded in just six days in havanas 1950s vintage egrem studios. Release buena vista social club by buena vista social. Almost 50 years after its closing, the spirit of the social club was resurrected by a group of afrocuban. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Buena vista social club is an ensemble of cuban musicians established in 1996 to revive the music of prerevolutionary cuba. The album has an intimate, natural charm that comes from musicians totally at ease with other, sharing a deep passion and understanding for the music and playing a. Wim wenders seminal documentary introduces cubas buena vista social.
Wim wenders, who directed it, seems to have given his cameramen a few basic instructions which they follow over and over again for the entire movie. Buena vista social club lost and found 2015, vinyl. The original buena vista social club album was recorded for world circuit records by ry cooder and nick gold over seven days in havana in 1996, bringing together many of the great names of the golden age of cuban music in the 1950s, several of whom were coaxed out of retirement for the sessions. The film is an international coproduction of germany, the united states, the. Both an exemplary sequel and a vital, informative companion piece. Buena vista social club is a 1999 documentary film directed by wim wenders about the music of cuba. Traveling from the streets of havana to the stage of carnegie hall, this revelatory documentary captures a forgotten generation of cubas brightest musical talents as they enjoy an unexpected encounter with world fame. Buena vista social club tribute havana message board. Voices, piano, percussion, string bass, families of guitars, and brass instruments ring forth in a large reverberant space, and it sounds relaxed, as familiar as your favorite jeans. One more thing when i want to dance i put on this cd, i love the afrocuban beat, i can also sit and listen to it for hours, it makes me feel like i am in cuba. Y buena vista social club hizo bailar al mundo grupo milenio. Iconic cuban band buena vista social club prepares to sing. The recording, named buena vista social club after the havana institution, became an international success, and the ensemble was encouraged to perform with a full lineup in amsterdam in 1998.
Buena vista social club 1999 18 subtitles downloaded 1479 times. In 1996 ry cooder gathered together some of the greatest names from the history of cuban music to collaborate on the best selling and grammy winning album the buena vista social club. Years later the composition would achieve international fame beyond the spanishspeaking world thanks to ibrahim. You can find the list of buena vista social club tour dates here. Buena vista social club tour dates 2020 buena vista social. Buena vista social club tickets, 2020 concert tour dates. In this fascinating oscarnominated documentary, american guitarist ry cooder brings together a group of legendary cuban folk musicians some in their 90s to record a grammywinning cd in their native city of havana. Hard to credit that wenders can still come up with a film that people actually want to see, but this project. Buena vista social club tour dates 2020 buena vista. Get buena vista social club setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other buena vista social club fans for free on. Festivals berlin 1999 out of competition, sheffield 2012, sheffield 2014, krakow 2015. Tuesday, september 1 wednesday, september 23, 2015.
One shot of a camera circling a musician on a chair in a big room would have been splendidespecially since the interiors in the movie are of beautiful, decaying havana locations. Buena vista social club world circuitnonesuch 794782. May 12, 2016 havana two decades after the debut of the buena vista social club, its still difficult to explain how a cuban band of mostly elderly musicians playing songs from the 1920s and 30s became an. The album was produced by guitarist ry cooder and released ten years after its recording, on october, 2008, through world circuit the performance featured veteran cuban performers such as ibrahim. Buena vista social club 1999, directed by wim wenders. Iconic cuban band buena vista social club prepares to sing adios. Buena vista social club torrent kickass georgialasopa weebly.
Back in january, lucy walker was on the verge of debuting her fifth feature at sundance the highprofile sequel to wim wenders 1999 oscarnominated documentary, the buena vista social club. Jan 29, 2007 after a havana hangout that no one remembers the exact location of anymore, cooder and gold call the record buena vista social club, and the rest of the story is perhaps sufficiently familiar that. Orquesta buena vista social club tour announcements 2020. Buena vista social club 1999 the criterion collection. Technically speaking, buena vista social club arent even really a band. Buena vista social club was sold to more than 50 ter ritories in the world. Buena vista social club at carnegie hall is a live album by buena vista social club. The musicians of the buena vista social club exposed the world to cubas vibrant culture with their landmark 1997 album and wim wenders academy awardnominated 1999 documentary, buena vista social club. In havana, music isnt a pastime, its a way of life. German director wim wenders captured the performance on film, followed by a second concert in carnegie hall, new york city for a documentary that.
Orquesta buena vista social club shabazz palaces is a duo that makes experimental hiphop music that takes a lot of influences from jazz, african music and general feelgood grooves and textures. The record the groups debut album was an unlikely smash. Buena vista social club is more about the covering of an event the release of the grammywinning recording and its aftermath than the event itself. Buena vista social club is appropriate and enjoyable for all ages, although younger children might be bored by its pace. A group containing some of the original members called orquesta buena vista social club continued to. Overview essay about a music, an island, a history setting the stage for the buena vista social club from a golden era in havana to the latin boom of today. In this fascinating oscarnominated documentary, american guitarist ry cooder brings together a group of legendary cuban folk musicians some in their 90s to record a grammy. Buena vista social club 1999 the movie database tmdb. Buena vista social club at carnegie hall wikipedia. The double album documents the bands complete performance at carnegie hall, new york city, on july 1, 1998. Buena vista social club lost and found 2015, vinyl discogs.
I remember buena vista social club and kept one of the songs in my mind chan chan and i was delighted that it was the first song on the cd. The veteran vocalists and instrumentalists collaborated with american guitarist and rootsmusic champion ry cooder to form the buena vista social club, playing a jazz. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the groups gigs in amsterdam and new york citys famed carnegie hall, with director wim wenders capturing not. As a consequence, the music itself takes up residence in the spectators consciousness, complemented but not replaced by the accompanying images. Buena vista social club with a small film crew, wim wenders accompanied his old friend ry cooder, who had previously written the music for paris, texas and end of violence, on a trip to havana.
Buena vista social club full album video dailymotion. The buena vista social club was a membersonly club in havana in the 1940s. The original buena vista social club album was recorded for world circuit records by ry cooder and nick gold over seven days in havana in. Buena vista social club full album by miguel angel guzman. Buena vista social club buena vista social club 2lp 180. The album was produced by guitarist ry cooder and released ten years after its recording, on october, 2008, through world circuit. Buenavista socialclub lungomare rio vivo, 86039 termoli rated 4. Sep 26, 2017 20 years on, that buena vista social club magic endures.
Aging cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following castros takeover of cuba, are brought out of retirement by ry cooder, who travelled to havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the. Dos gardenias is a bolero written in 1945 by cuban composer and pianist isolina carrillo. Buena vista social club, the concert of the worldfamous cuban band in a restaurant in havana. Apr 08, 2016 from buena vista social club lost and found vinyl. Cooder wanted to record his material for ibrahim ferrers solo album at a studio therefollowing the first buena vista social club cd which. Buena vista social club music, videos, stats, and photos. Australia brazil canada china france germany india italy japan mexico netherlands singapore. With compay segundo, ibrahim ferrer, ruben gonzalez, octavio calderon. Buena vista social club 1999, directed by wim wenders film. The third album, buena vista social club was released in june 1997 and has since come to be regarded as a classic, selling 8 million copies worldwide. The label is best known for the grammy winning buena vista social club album, which is the biggest selling world music album of all time, and led to the phenomenal rise in popularity of cuban music. Ive been listening to this album for 20 years and it never gets old. In the spring of 2015, nonesuchworld circuit released lost and found, a collection of unreleased tracks from the 1996 egrem and 2000 recording sessions, as well as live tracks. The film offers a wonderful opportunity for parents to not only expose their children to diverse musical styles, but also to examples of people who, even in their twilight years some in their nineties, are very passionate and active musicians.
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