Any fans of the Buena Vista Social Club and late master of the bolero Ibrahim Ferrer???

 

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Ibrahim Ferrer y Omara Portuondo - Silencio

 

 

tribute video

 

 

Buena Vista Social Club - Candela

 

Ibrahim Ferrer's last ever album Mi Sueno is out on monday 26th

 

For most of his career Ibrahim was best known as a rhythmic improviser in the up-tempo Afro-Cuban son style. Surprisingly not a household name, even in Cuba, his fame was restricted to a small group of aficionados and musicians, then in 1996, at the age of sixty nine, he was persuaded out of retirement to contribute to the Buena Vista Social Club album. His version of the bolero ‘Dos Gardenias’ was one of the album’s highlights and led to him being discovered by a whole new audience.

 

Sadly three weeks before final recording was due to take place in August 2005, Ibrahim died at the age of seventy-eight. On his deathbed, he dictated a letter asking that his dream album be finished. Fortunately he had left high-quality demos of the songs with which he wished to make up the rest of the album. In the confusion surrounding his death these tapes were temporarily lost, causing a delay in the album's completion. When the tapes were found, they not only completed the album Ibrahim had always dreamed about, but also are a fitting final testament that finds the singer still in heartfelt voice and singing the songs he loved best.

Here I am.... :wub: