Buena Vista Social Club
The danzón that gave the project its name, built around Rubén González's piano.
Buena Vista Social Club, from Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Buena Vista Social Club
The title track is a danzón that spotlights the piano of Rubén González. It was recorded after Ry Cooder heard González improvising around the theme before a day's session. González then told him the history of the Havana social club and said the piece was the club's mascot tune. Nick Gold took its title as the name for the whole project. Cooder said it felt like a club, so they called it that.
In the Wenders film the musicians go looking for the club, and Cooder said that nobody could agree where it had stood. It ran 4:50 on the album and 5:59 at Carnegie Hall on 1 July 1998.
On stage
- 1998-07-01, Carnegie Hall, New York 5:59 on the live album.
More songs by Buena Vista Social Club
Chan Chan, El cuarto de Tula, Dos gardenias, Veinte años, Candela
Sources
- Buena Vista Social Club (album), Wikipedia
- Ry Cooder Interview 2 Excerpts, PBS
- Essay on the album's National Recording Registry induction, Library of Congress (2022)