With all the diversity of music in Latin America, you will have a challenge pinpointing "D Best", of Folk, Traditional, Contemporary or Modern, in any country or any .preference, but you can always select Cuba as an icon of diversity and talent in music. This from the web:
"The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s. In the 1990s, nearly 50 years after the club was closed, it inspired a recording made by Cuban musician Juan de Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians, some of whom were veterans who had performed at the club during the height of its popularity.The recording became an international success, and the ensemble was encouraged to perform with a full line-up in Amsterdam in 1998".
The "Buena Vista Social Club" album was ranked 260 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. One of only TWO albums on the list to be produced in a non-english speaking country. We did not even saw them in their prime.
This number - Candela - features Ibrahim Ferrer, who died in 2005.
When Compay Segundo said that he would live to be 115, people hesitated. He was already old .... He lived to be 95. He was also the inventor of the Armónico a seven stringed guitar-like instrument. Here with El Camisón de Pepa .
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