The Cast of Buena Vista Social Club: Tiny Desk Concert

Für einige von euch dürfte heute sowas wie Freitag sein und ich finde, diesen Umstand könnte man musikalisch nicht passender rahmen als mit dem Tiny Desk Concert des Cast of Buena Vista Social Club. Auch wenn das hiesige Wetter dazu heute so gar nicht passen will. Trotzdem toll.

Based on real-life events and people, Buena Vista Social Club features many characters and lots of great Cuban music. It takes such skill to reflect music of a bygone era, even more to sound fresh and vibrant night after night for months at a time. Scaled down for the Tiny Desk, the show is no less magical.

Before it was a Broadway musical racking up Tony Award nominations, the Buena Vista Social Club was a second chance. After the Cuban Revolution, many of the country’s beloved musicians were lost to time, but in 1996, an ensemble was formed to reclaim their spotlight. To tell their story, the musical goes back and forth between the 1940s and the recording sessions that produced a masterpiece.

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