Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (2LPs, World Circuit)

“Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall” is only the second album ever released by the original Buena Vista Social Club; this extraordinary collection of Cuba’s greatest musicians includes Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzalez, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo, Compay Segundo, Cachaito Lopez and Guajiro Mirabal. The Carnegie Hall concert was a unique event that can never be repeated. It was the focus of the Wim Wenders award winning film which has helped spread the story of the incredible characters that made up the band. 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of the Carnegie Hall concert. Produced by Ry Cooder and the same talented team that produced the original album. The album includes previously unpublished photographs from the concert and a 4,000 word sleeve note by Ry Cooder and the musicians themselves. The performances on the album are absolutely brilliant and capture a collective enthusiasm, warmth, energy and feeling of triumph that was felt together by both audience and band that special night back in 1998. Personnel: Juan de Marcos Gonzalez – (bandleader, backing vocals, guiro), Ry Cooder – (guitars), Ruben Gonzalez – (piano), Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Hugo Garzon, Pio Leyva, Manuel ‘Puntillita’ Licea – (vocals), Manuel ‘Guajiro’ Mirabal, Octavio Calderon – (trumpet), Jesus ‘Aguaje’ Ramos – (trombone), Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa – (guitar, vocals), Benito Suarez Magana – (guitar), Barbarito Torres – (laoud), Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez, Salvador Repilado – (bass), Joachim Cooder – (drums, percussion), Alberto ‘Virgilio’ Valdes – (maracas, backing vocals), Amadito Valdes – (timbales), Angel ‘Terry’ Domech – (congas), Roberto Garcia – (bongos, cowbell, guiro)