Buena Vista Social Club

ensemble (guitare, tres, laúd, piano, double bass, trumpet, percussion, chant) · Havana

Cuban ensemble brought together by Juan de Marcos González and Ry Cooder to revive trova, bolero, son and danzón. Its 1997 album, recorded in six days in March 1996 at the EGREM studios in Havana, sold more than eight million copies.

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Styles

• Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban

Landmark tracks

• Chan Chan (1997)
• Dos gardenias (1997)
• El cuarto de Tula (1997)
• Candela (1997)
• Veinte años (1997)

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