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    Buena Vista Social Club was a musical ensemble primarily made up of Cuban musicians, formed in 1996. The project was organized by World Circuit executive...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club is a studio album by Buena Vista Social Club, an ensemble of Cuban musicians directed by Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of Cuba. It is named for a danzón that became the title piece...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall is a live album by Buena Vista Social Club. The double album documents the band's complete performance at Carnegie...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club is a Cuban music revival group founded in 1996. Buena Vista Social Club may also refer to: Buenavista Social Club, 1940s member's...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club: Adios is a 2017 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker. It is a follow-up to the 1999 documentary Buena Vista Social Club about...
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  • “Buena VistaBuena Vista, Saskatchewan Buena Vista, Saskatoon, a neighborhood in the city of Saskatoon Buena Vista Road, Edmonton Buena Vista, Alabama...
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  • Chan Chan (song) (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    Cuban musicians recorded a new version of the song as part of the Buena Vista Social Club project.[2] The song became the opening track of their eponymous...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club is a 2023 stage musical, with a book by Marco Ramirez and featuring the music recorded by the ensemble musician group Buena Vista...
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  • Lost and Found is a compilation album, and the third under the Buena Vista Social Club name, released on March 25, 2015 on World Circuit Records and Nonesuch...
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    Omara Portuondo (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    from jazz to son cubano. Since 1996, she has been part of the Buena Vista Social Club project, touring extensively and recording several albums with...
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  • in the Oscar-nominated soundtrack of the 1999 documentary film Buena Vista Social Club, set in Cuba and directed by Wim Wenders. The song was sung by...
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  • Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer is the first studio album by Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer. It was released on June 8, 1999, through World...
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    Compay Segundo (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    international fame came later, in 1997, with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album, a hugely successful recording which won several Grammy awards...
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    Juan de Marcos González (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    bandleader, musician and actor, best known for his work with the Buena Vista Social Club and in the 2021 Sony Pictures Animation film Vivo as the voice...
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    their 1997 album A Toda Cuba le Gusta, which was recorded at the Buena Vista Social Club sessions. Members have included Rubén González, Orlando "Cachaíto"...
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  • Rubén González (pianist) (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    retirement to play in the revival ensembles Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club, also recording solo material and performing live until 2002. González...
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    Ibrahim Ferrer — singer (Buena Vista Social Club) Juan de Marcos González — musical director of the Buena Vista Social Club Rubén González — pianist (Conjunto...
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    Ry Cooder (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    film). He formed the band Little Village, and produced the album Buena Vista Social Club (1997), which became a worldwide hit; Wim Wenders directed the...
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    Ibrahim Ferrer (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    back in the studio to record with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club, in March 1996. He then toured internationally with these revival...
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  • needed] The idea behind AfroCubism was the original concept for the Buena Vista Social Club album of 1997, which featured many of the same Cuban musicians...
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  • Spanish-speaking world thanks to Ibrahim Ferrer's 1996 recording with the Buena Vista Social Club collective. "Dos gardenias" was first recorded by Guillermo Arronte...
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  • is the former CEO of World Circuit Records and the organiser of Buena Vista Social Club, a Cuban musical ensemble which he established in 1996. Gold is...
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    Orlando "Cachaíto" López (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    composer, who gained international fame after his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. He was nicknamed Cachaíto ("little Cachao") after his...
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    Eliades Ochoa (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    guitar, with two additional strings. His involvement with the Buena Vista Social Club and the Wim Wenders film of the same name (1999), has led him to...
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  • Rhythms del Mundo (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    musicians including Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo of the Buena Vista Social Club with tracks from US, UK and Irish artists such as Dido, Arctic...
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  • The Buena Vista Social Club album and film as well as a stream of CDs triggered a worldwide Cuban music boom. In addition to the original Buena Vista Social...
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    Barbarito Torres (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    best known for his work with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and the Buena Vista Social Club since 1996. Torres plays the laúd, a traditional Cuban instrument...
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  • Meeting by the River (1993) and Buena Vista Social Club (1997). He is seen performing in the accompanying Buena Vista Social Club documentary, released in 1999...
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    Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal (category Buena Vista Social Club)
    May 1933) is a Cuban trumpeter, best known for his work with the Buena Vista Social Club. "Guajiro" learned trumpet at the age of 18 and began playing professionally...
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