Vibrant music from the Havana quarter, Buena Vista, has earned unprecedented international acclaim.  With a stellar gathering of Cuban musicians from the famed Havana barrio and alums from the Afro Cuban All Stars, A BUENA VISTA continues the celebration of the rich son and bolero Cuban music traditions.

To pay homage to the Buena Vista neighborhood and to the work of the great Cuban tres player Juan de Marcos Gonzáles, Luis Frank invited a group of uniquely talented musicians of various generations to the Abdala Studios in the Miramar district of Havana.  One of the songs featured on this CD, A Buena Vista written by Luis Frank, continues the tradition of singing about this barrio, which is home to the rumba, son, and guaguancó.  The studio witnessed a whole parade of excellent musicians, of veteran soneros, and talented young upstarts, staging a musical feast of a caliber rarely experienced.  And, in fact, the whole purpose of this album is to perpetuate the tradition - the older generation singing and playing next to youngsters, all members of the same big family of soneros.

These recordings embody both the past and the present.  They stand for musical continuity, an opening up to the world, reconciliation among Cubans, the fusion of old and new, the blazing of new trails, and an acknowledgement of the greatness of Cuban son music.  They emerged from five glorious days spent together by a great family of soneros.  And it is our fervent hope that they will contribute to keeping this tradition alive:  Buena Vista - Barrio de la Habana!

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