Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer
Label: Nonesuch
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:8th June 1999

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Track Listing

1. Bruca Maniguá - Ibrahim Ferrer, Rodriguez, Arsenio
2. Herido de Sombras - Ibrahim Ferrer, Francia, Pedro Vega
3. Marieta
4. Guateque Campesino - Ibrahim Ferrer, Romero, Celia
5. Mami Me Gusto
6. Nuestra Ultima Cita - Ibrahim Ferrer, Medina, Armando
7. Cienfuegos Tiene Su Guaguancó - Ibrahim Ferrer, Lay, Victor
8. Silencio - Ibrahim Ferrer, Hernandez, Rafael Lyrics
9. Aquellos Ojos Verdes - Ibrahim Ferrer, Menendez, Nilo
10. Qué Bueno Baila Usted - Ibrahim Ferrer, Moré, Benny
11. Como Fue - Ibrahim Ferrer, Duarte, E.

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

Picking up where Buena Vista Social Club left off, BVSC Presents Ibrahim Ferrer soothes with the hushed romanticism of Cuba's yesteryear while boasting the talents of one of its greatest singers, Ibrahim Ferrer. Again there's an all-star lineup of musicians led by pianist Rubén González and singer Omara Portuondo creating music at the renowned Egrem studios, whose live room brings the slow lucidity and intense vigor of the Cuban classics to life. --Karen K. Hugg

Amazon.com

It should never cease to amaze how spry and dramatically potent a force is the Buena Vista Social Club. The group--really a gaggle of aging Cuban maestros brought together for stunning all-star performances--keeps its footing in Cuban dance music at the same time as it revels in the lax tempo of layered hand percussion and traditional rhythms. Ibrahim Ferrer stepped to the international fore as the vocalist on the eponymous BVSC CD in 1997 and here furthers his already-obvious command of everything from sultry, horn-swaying ballads to gritty son tunes like "Mamí Me Gustá." Ferrer's tattered vocal inflections shape the more rollicking tunes so their texture is palpable, especially when belted in antiphonal give-and-takes with the rest of the huge band he totes along here. A 15-member-strong string section steps forward on the bolero tracks, which send off a smoldering passion that's startling in light of the BVSC's heightened, horn-charged charts. But the rich string passages color songs in wide brush strokes, which is to say that they heighten the passion to no end. Ferrer's debut might come in his twilight years, but it's a majorly luminous event. --Andrew Bartlett

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