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\I felt like I’d trained all my life for this album. It’s the peak.” So says guitar master Ry Cooder about his first recording since his Grammy-winning Talking Timbuktu he teams with a galaxy of Cuba’s finest musicians”Amazon.com essential recording
Ry Cooder’s name has helped bring attention to this session, but it’s the veteran Cuban son musicians who make this album really special. Reminiscent of Ellington in its scope and sense of hushed romanticism, B… More >>
You know what,get over it,if a dedicated cubafile like me is sick of seeing this album since it’s concept still here,you need a life,Cuban music has nothing to do with these,be it as it may good preforms,live life Go on ex4plore,grow,if you realy try life outside,even if Castro falls down in national papers ,a list is much more refreashing!!!!
Rating: 2 / 5
I’m sorry but this is not a listenable CD. This is the standard repetitious Latin music we pass over on the radio every day. Although the performers are legends within the Cuban music community, to a listener whose ears have been conditioned to the jazz, pop, country and classical of regular old USA offerings, it’s not interesting. It is better when someone like Carlos Santana or Al DiMeola interprets it and filters it. It is not very good otherwise. I would prefer listening to a faucet drip, rats in the attic or fingernails on a chaulkboard. If I could, I would give it zero stars.
Rating: 1 / 5
Sorry, but based on all the reviews I was expecting some fantastic cuban flavoured salsa. Instead this sounds like some pathetic combination of bad lounge Hawaiian and b class Mexican influenced band. If this is the best of Cuba, then maybe the US trade embargo was a good thing after all.
Rating: 2 / 5
It saddens me to think that 7 million Cubans suffer everyday from political oppression and the lack of everyday necessities and we think these productions are just dandy. Of course the music is great, but having US dollars flow into the communist government’s laps in not the situation we want to have. How much of the cash do you think Ruben Blades sees off of his work…very little.
Enjoy the music but don’t forget the real story.
Rating: 1 / 5
Before you purchase this “DVD”, you should understand that what you will receive is not the movie, but simply a CD of the music from the film “Buena Vista Social Club”. While I love the music, what I wanted was the film— and I was disappointed to discover that this version is nothing but an expensive CD that can be played on a DVD player. If you want the music, buy a CD. I’m returning this for a refund.
Rating: 1 / 5