Candela
Faustino Oramas's son, with Ibrahim Ferrer improvising through an extended descarga.
Buena Vista Social Club, from Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
- Written by
- Faustino Oramas
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Buena Vista Social Club
Candela is a classic son by Faustino Oramas, known as El Guayabero. The lyrics are full of metaphors and double meanings and carry sexual innuendo in the Santiago tradition. Ibrahim Ferrer sings it and improvises vocal lines throughout, and the whole ensemble plays an extended descarga. The Guardian listed it with Chan Chan and Dos gardenias among the songs of the group that wound around restaurant tables worldwide.
It runs 5:27 on the album and 7:00 at Carnegie Hall on 1 July 1998, and it is one of the songs in the Wenders film.
On stage
- 1998-07-01, Carnegie Hall, New York Seven minutes on the live album.
More songs by Buena Vista Social Club
Chan Chan, El cuarto de Tula, Dos gardenias, Veinte años, Buena Vista Social Club
Sources
- Candela, PBS
- Buena Vista Social Club (album), Wikipedia
- Buena Vista Social Club: the sweet sound of Cuba, The Guardian (2015-03-22)