75 years later, the band that first took Cuban son all round the world is thriving in Central Havana. The soaring vocals of Manuel Furé, who took over in 1958 from the original singer Gerardo Martínez, ensure that son cubano, at its most passionate, remains one of the great styles of popular music of this century. It was this band that, together with Ignacio Piñeiro's Septeto Nacional, led the boom in Cuban music that, in the '20s, '30s and '40s swept dance floors from Puerto Rico to Shanghai. Since they were founded in 1920, this band have made more than 100 recordings. Although none of the original members of the band survives today, Manuel Furé retains the distinctive upbeat sensuality of the original Septeto and his falsetto voice - mark of the great Cuban soneros - is hard to equal today. El septeto que por primera vez llevó el son cubano alrededor del mundo, sigue, 75 años después, vigorosamente sonoro en Centro Habana. El falsete y la cadencia de Manuel Furé, elegido directamente por los fundadores para dirigir el Habanero, dan prueba cabal de por qué el son cubano, ayer y hoy, conquistó el mundo. TRACKS: 1. El orgullo de los soneros (son) 2.Cuatro palomas (son) 3.Tincuntán (son) 4.Cuando me toca a mí (guaracha-son) 5.Tres lindas cubanas (son) 6.Se fué (son) 7.El príncipe de los bongoceros (son) 8.Tribilín cantor (son) 9.Cielito lindo (canción-son) 10.Guaguancó del típico (guaguancó-son) 11.Suavecito (son) |
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