Piano master of the Universe… Trumpet second master….
Pueblo Nuevo (New Town) is the third song to be presented here from the music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Buena Vista (Good View) is a celebration of the music of Cuba. Director Wim Wenders and guitarist Ry Cooder teamed up again (after Paris,Texas) to celebrate Cuba’s “musical golden age” between the 1930s and 1950s. Anyone who is even remotely interested in musical heritage should find Buena Vista captivating. The album was recorded in just six days and contained fourteen tracks; opening with Chan Chan written by Compay Segundo. It went on to become a worldwide phenomenon, selling over 8 million copies. In 2020, the film Buena Vista Social Club was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
I have lived in Latin America for 15 years and heard a great deal of Latina Music and presented a lot of it here. Based on my music appreciation, one of the most reliable forms / genres of Latin music and that which I keep being drawn to is Bolero music and a style called Son Cubano (They are Cubans). Buena Vista is a mellower take on the Cuban son and bolero, as well as the danzón. The latter is the genre associated with today’s featured track Pueblo Nuevo.
“Juventud del Pueblo Nuevo” (Youth from the New Town), or simply Pueblo Nuevo (New Town), is a danzón composed by Cuban bassist Israel López Cachao. It is one of his many compositions dedicated to a Cuban venue where he frequently played as part of the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas. It has become a standard of the genre, being regularly performed by danzón orchestras over the years.
The Buena Vista Social Club was named after the members’ club in the Buenavista quarter of Havana, a popular music venue in the 1940s. To showcase the popular styles of the time, such as son, bolero (aforementioned) and danzón; they recruited a dozen veteran musicians, some of whom had been retired for many years.
References:
1. Buena Vista Social Club – Wikipedia
2. Buena Vista Social Club (album) – Wikipedia
3. Rafael Ortiz Rodríguez – Cubanos Famosos
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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I like this….
It’s excellent saloon bar jazz – Cuban style.
Got me going…