Your thoughts on Cuban music ?

[laficion]

I love to listen to some great Cuban SON once in a while or

any cuban sounds when I'm sitting with a Mojito and enjoying a great cigar.

If there's one group that I can't resist moving my body to when I hear them,

especially in Cuba, It has to be LOS VAN VAN

Great sounds, great " move your body" music .

Do you ever listen to Cuban music ??

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=_G67xDWeFBs

[Colt45]

I'm a long time fan. I've quite a few CDs, but I guess my favorite group overall would be ¡Cubanismo! I also enjoy boleros, and have

been listening to Lucrecia's "Mis Boleros" for some time.

http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=g-fg6VOYrV4&...feature=related

[puros71]

Claro que si!!! I love Cuban music from salsa, latin jazz, timba, hip hop, to Son. Los Van Van are the most famous group of Cuba. I also like Pupi y su son son, David Calzado y La Charanga Habanera, Bamboleo, Elito Reve, Pedrito Calvo, Haila, Isaac Delgado, Paulito FG, Gente de Zona, Los Aldeanos, Polo Montanez, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Buena Vista Social Club, Chucho Valdez, X Alfonso, Carlos Varela, Silvio Rodriguez, Celina Gonzalez, Monolito, Adalberto Alvarez, Orlando Maraca Valle, El Clan, Tumbao Habana, Bene More, Havana d' Primera, NG La Banda y el Tosco, Irakere, and Buena Fe who Im listeng to now. Thats all I can remeber off my head.

Los Van Van: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS35FGik_mQ

David Calzado y Charanga Habanera:

Elito Reve:

Bamboleo:

Chucho Valdez:

Buena Fe :

[puros71]

[quote I forgot hip hop and reggaeton is popular now.

Gente de Zona :

Los Aldeanos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZpP2yiSw2E...feature=related

Orishas:

[laficion]

Puros, Gracias hermano,

Lots of good stuff there.

[bassman]

"Cachieto" by Orlando Lopez, bassist for BVSC, is a really nice album. Of course as a bassist, I'm always impressed by good players.

[CanuckSARTech]

I recently got the "Hecho En Cuba" 3 CD box set - it's a great cross-section of Cuban music, very well thought out and organized.

Of course, I've got a number of CDs on my computer of the common Cuban classics - Buena Vista Social Club, Machito, Barbarito Torres, etc. I also have a CD from "Los Bohemios", which was an amazing two-man accoustic group that we listened to when we were out at with a number of other couples eating at El Aljibe, during our last trip in 2006. Very good stuff.

Also, Havana Club Foundatio has a few brand-themed but catchy tunes available for download on their webpage:

http://www.havanaclubfoundation.com/en/rones_tragos.asp

[android]

It gives Ken Happy Feet!

[puros71]

Puros, Gracias hermano,

Lots of good stuff there.

Yeah those are pretty much what is popular in Cuba. To find out the artists or whats hot go to timba.com or directly to artex or egrem website for the catalogs. Also Itunes has most of the artists albums on there.

Itunes essential:

Buena Vista Social Club Essential

Cuban Timba essentials

Album:

Habana Ahora

Habana Ahora 2

and on putumayo records "Cuba."

[Leopolis Semper Fidelis]

I may be old-fashioned, but I like the music of the greatest Cuban composer, Ernesto Lecuona y Casado. Perhaps he is most famous for Malagueña (from the Andalucía Suite). Here is an orchestral version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYU57KcMZWI .

As Lecuona was an accomplished pianist, he would have appreciated this version by the then 13-year-old Anthony Feldman:

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[Ken Gargett]

we have a few threads on this. i have a heap but i don't get the time i'd wish to listen as often as i'd like. occasionally listen to los van van - they have just toured brizzy. i do know that the cuban girls just melt at the mention of these guys, even though they have been around for a long time.

afro-cuban all stars is a fave. have seen them and what was left of BVSC a few times in cuba. sensational. happy feet, indeed!

[CigarmanTim]

I am in the process of building an office/ cigar smoking room and at the point of running cables for my future speakers.... I will be playing some of this music mentioned above. Thanks for all the input

[CanuckSARTech]

I am in the process of building an office/ cigar smoking room and at the point of running cables for my future speakers.... I will be playing some of this music mentioned above. Thanks for all the input

I don't envy your task - I did mine wrong initially when I did it, and caused a bit of headaches and extra costs. All beautiful and amazing now.

Good luck in your construction work. Cheers.