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![]() Havana CafeArtist: Barbarito Torres
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01 | Hijo del Siboney |
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5:02 | son montuno, canta Victor Villa |
02 | La Calabaza |
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4:55 | son, canta Victor Villa and Nilso Arias |
03 | Sarandonga |
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3:41 | son montuno, canta Nilso Arias |
04 | Corazon De Chivo |
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5:04 | son, canta Pio Leyva Nilso Arias |
05 | El Amor De Mi Bohio |
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3:51 | guajira, canta Ibrahim Ferrer |
06 | Lagrimas Negras |
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4:52 | bolero-son, canta Omara Portuondo |
07 | Pensando En Ti |
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5:14 | bolero, canta Ibrahim Ferrer |
08 | Yo No Se |
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5:28 | danzon-cha, canta Conchita Torres |
09 | Sublime Ilusion |
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2:54 | bolero, canta Victor Villa |
10 | Camina Pa'lo Chapiao |
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3:50 | changui, canta Conchita Torres |
11 | Cangrejo No Tiene Na |
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4:03 | guaracha, canta Pio Leyva |
12 | Los Celos De Mi Compay |
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3:01 | guaracha, canta Conchita Torres |
13 | El Tren (Pico Y Pala) |
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3:32 | guaracha-son |
14 | Alla Voy |
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3:22 | guaracha-guaguanco |
15 | Que Viva Chango |
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4:17 | ...ahi namá |

This disc of traditional Cuban music is another of the stellar releases coming in the wake of the best selling Buena Vista Social Club album. Barbarito Torres was the Buena Vista Social Club's laudista: a player of the laud, a 12-stringed instrument related to the Arabic oud. Torres is widely regarded as one of Cuba's greatest lute players, so it was natural that he was selected to play on the Buena Vista Social Club album and to appear at their live dates in Amsterdam and New York. In addition he has accompanied the great Cuban vocalist Celina Gonzalez and he was prominently featured in the recordings of the Afro Cuban All Stars Barbarito Torres has remained true to the musical folklore of his native region, musica guajira, or the "blues" of the Cuban countryside. On this exciting new recording he is joined by a stellar guest list including the Buena Vista vocalists Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo and Pio Leyva and the revered musicians Richard Egues on flute and Luis "El Guajiro" Mirabel on trumpet. A glance at the credits of the Buena Vista Social Club album will reveal the name of Barbarito Torres, who plays a little-known instrument called a laud on several songs. He can also be seen and heard on the film of the same name, doing a bizarre Hendrix-style solo, with the archaic looking instrument behind his back. Since recording with Elio Revé in the 1980s, Torres has been recognized as the master of the laud, which sounds something like a 12-string guitar, although it originally came to Cuba from North Africa via Spain, deriving from the Arabic oud. Torres recorded this, (his first solo album) in 1999, and itıs now getting a wider release. Naturally, having played for so many big names of Cuban music, he was able to call in some favors, so Pio Leyva, Omara Portuondo and Ibrahim Ferrer all contribute guest vocals. Torresı 6-piece group also has four of its own singers, and includes several family members. Some of the more upbeat material ˝ much of it familiar ˝ is given a timba-flavored reading and it pretty much runs the gamut of Cuban styles.
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Havana Cafe - album credits | |||
Charlie Dos Santos | Arranger, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Executive Producer | ||
Frank Emilio Flynn | Piano, Performer | ||
Vampiros En LaHabana | Producer | ||
Richard Egües | Flute, Performer | ||
Manuel "El Guajiro" Mirabal | Trumpet | ||
Sonia Perez Cassola | Vocals, Vocals (Background) | ||
Ibrahim Ferrer | Vocals, Performer | ||
Hector Villa | Vocals | ||
Barbarito Torres | Guitar (Acoustic), Main Performer, Producer, Laud, Arranger | ||
Maria Zenos | Art Direction | ||
Onelio Arias | Tres | ||
Maria Elena Ibarra | Graphic Design, Art Direction | ||
Tomas Ramos | Tumbadora | ||
Nilso Arias | Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Vocals (Background), Vocals | ||
Oliva Pedro Vargas | Banjo, Bongos, Maracas, Timbales, Claves, Tumba, Guiro, Tumbadora, Cajon | ||
Conchita Torres | Vocals, Vocals (Background) | ||
Victor Villa | Vocals, Double Bass, Contrabass, Contrabass Guitar, Vocals (Background) | ||
Felicia Valdez | Production Coordination Assistant | ||
Honorio DeLeon | Photography, Assistant Photographer | ||
Ana Nery Fragoso | Make-Up, Hair Stylist | ||
Evelio Gay | Assistant Engineer | ||
Luis Mallo | Art Direction, Photography | ||
Lila Fernandez | Production Coordination Assistant | ||
Sonia Gay | Assistant Engineer | ||
Pío Leyva | Vocals | ||
Omara Portuondo | Vocals, Performer | ||
Ted Jensen | Mastering |