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The Buena Vista Social Club was the name of a members-only music club in Havana, Cuba that was at its height duringthe 1940s. In the late
1990s Wim Wenders made a movie upon the initiative of Ry Cooder called “The Buena Vista SocialClub.” Wenders film centered on Ry Cooder’s
efforts to find and reunite some of the musicians who had performed at thelong closed club. The film also portrays sessions from the production
of the album released in 1997 also titled Buena VistaSocial Club. Both movie and album were highly successful, and expanded the reach of
Cuban music around the world. ...read more
The Buena Vista Social Club was the name of a members-only music club in Havana, Cuba that was at its height duringthe 1940s. In the late
1990s Wim Wenders made a movie upon the initiative of Ry Cooder called “The Buena Vista SocialClub.” Wenders film centered on Ry Cooder’s
efforts to find and reunite some of the musicians who had performed at thelong closed club. The film also portrays sessions from the production
of the album released in 1997 also titled Buena VistaSocial Club. Both movie and album were highly successful, and expanded the reach of
Cuban music around the world.
Highly praised during the 40s and 50s, the rediscovery of the Buena Vista Social Club and the populartity of the film andthe album had positive
impact on Cuban musicians throughout the world. If it was not for the initiative of Ry Cooder andWenders, much of the world would not have
had this insight into Cuba’s rich musical history, and insight into the simpleway of life of these otherwise forgotten musicians.
October 2008 saw the release of the Carnegie Hall concert on World Circuit Records, and previously unreleased materialbeing made available on
the band’s website and MySpace pages. « hide |
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