Track Listing

1. Cubanoson
2. Monsieur Jose
3. Recordando A Cuba
4. En La Campiña
5. No Te Preocupes
6. Que Mala Suerte
7. Guajiro Soy
8. Son Bailadores
9. Mujeres De Mayari
10. Lagrimas Negras

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #241049 in Music
• Released on: 2006-07-01
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
This compilation consists of 10 selections of old style traditional Cuban music. It includes 3 compositions by composer Silvio Cebrian, new arrangements of Lagrimas Negras, by Miguel Matamoros, Que Mala Suerte, by Arsenio Rodriguez, and Mujeres de Mayari composed by Francisco Repilado known as Compay Segundo to the music world. There are 4 original compositions, Son Bailadores, arranged by Papo Ortega, composed by Mario J. Ortiz; Guajiro Soy, and the title track Recordando a Cuba, that tribute the 6 original Cuban provinces, were co-written by Papo Ortega and Sergio Sori. Finally, but first on the album is Son Cubanoson is a son montuno written the founder of Cubanoson to introduce this dance orchestra to the world.

LaConga.org
Cubanoson resume toda la nostalgia de ya casi dos generaciones de hijos de musicos cubanos.

www.vinilemania.net
Decisamente un CD fantastico!!! Assolutamente da non perdere!!! Musiche tradizionali cubane - TOP CD della mia radio!!!! VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

Customer Reviews

Old school Cuban for modern audiences
These guys do the sound of Son Montuno, created by Arsenio Rodriguez in the fifties. There is certainly little modernity here, and by modern I mean the inovation made to latin music since the 70s.

So what you will hear with this band are great interpretations of Cuban classics with the high quality of a modern NYC studio. This is one case in which the originals will sound nowhere near as crisp and clear. I think this could have been a truly great CD if only they had made more of their original compositions. Or even if they had done as many modern Cuban bands do and incorporate some of the lyrics, rhythm, and melodies of old songs but change them enough to make them relevant to today's listeners. But alas, the intent here was to remember Cuba as it was decades ago. And the album excels in that purpose.

Cuban Music Lives!
Last Saturday it was my pleasure to hear Papo Ortega's CubanoSon perform live at the Westgate Lounge, a popular Latin music and dance club in Westchester, New York, that features the best Latin bands including the best of the new. CubanoSon performed songs from their new CD Recordando a Cuba. This new recording brings a fresh interpretation to a highly danceable style of music known as the "Son". The Son originated in Cuba in the early part of the 1900's and was popularized by orchestras like Arsenio Rodríguez y Su Conjunto, La Orquesta Aragon, Sonora Matancera and José Fajardo y Su Orquesta. This musical style spread like wild fire throughout the world and gave birth to El Son Montuno, and along with El Punto Cubano, is the origins of what we now know as Salsa and Charanga. Here is proof of the Son's powerful influence on Latin music today. Take a wonderfully fresh and modern musical journey through the heart, soul and rhythms of Cuba. Bravo CubanoSon!