Colston Hall boxoffice
What's On: April 2008
Cachaíto López
Buena Vista Social Club™ presents Cachaíto López, Guajiro Mirabal, Aguaje Ramos & Manuel Galbán
No support, no interval
7.30pm
£27.50
An extraordinary line-up of Buena Vista Social Club™ stalwarts, together in a 12 piece band direct from Havana return to Colston Hall by popular demand following their last sold out show, to present some of the finest Cuban music ever made.
This unique concert will take audiences on a musical excursion from the original Buena Vista Social Club™ recordings in 1996 up to the present day.
Each of these artists has an individual take on the gamut of Cuban Music, and they’ve each put their own stamp on son montunos, danzón, cha cha cha, boleros and Cuban jazz. Having honed their skills over many years, their passion for the music has remains undiminished. Now after ten years as the backbone of the Buena Vista Social Club™ and as Ibrahim Ferrer's live band and Grammy winning albums, this esteemed group finally get their chance to shine.
The heartbeat of the Buena Vista Social Club™, Cuban bass player Orlando 'Cachaíto' López is the only musician who has played on every track on every album in the World Circuit Buena Vista Social Club™ series. Cachaito's groundbreaking debut album on World Circuit, Cachaíto, won a BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music in 2002 and was hailed by The Independent as a 'masterpiece'.
Guajiro Mirabal's distinctive trumpet sound has accompanied virtually every Cuban star you could mention. His blistering tribute to the son conjuntos of the great Arsenio Rodriguéz, Buena Vista Social Club™ Presents Guajiro Mirabal has been nominated for a Latin Grammy and its release was met with widespread praise. 'Brilliant' - New York Times.
Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos' trombone has been an integral part of World Circuit's Cuban recordings for the past decade, and both his playing and bandleading skills have made him a key feature on various Buena Vista tours. Born in 1951 in Pinar del Rio where he began his musical studies in the National School of Arts, he started playing the trombone in local groups until 1979 when he moved to Havana and began playing with the great female quartet Los D'Aida. That same year he took part in the "Estrellas de Areito" recordings. Aguaje has played on the World Circuit recordings of the Buena Vista Social Club and Afro-Cuban All Stars, and the solo albums of Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González and Omara Portuondo. He was Rubén González's musical director and he has been touring extensively since 1997 with the various Buena Vista Social Club projects.
Guitarist, pianist and organist Manual Galbán made his name with seminal Cuban doo-wop group Los Zafiros, and in recent years has appeared on a number of albums in the Buena Vista series. His duets album with Ry Cooder, Mambo Sinuendo won a Grammy in 2004.