Ibrahim Ferrer's 'Buenos Hermanos'

Ibrahim Ferrer‘s ‘Buenos Hermanos’ is an album produced by Ry Cooder and released on March 18, 2003 by World Circuit.

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1 . Buenos Hermanos, La Musica Cubana (Live)

2 . Buenos Hermanos (Live)

3 . Mil Congojas (w/ Buena Vista Social Club, 2001)

4 . Hay Que Entrale A Palos A Ese (Live)

5 . Buenos Hermanos (Short Film)

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Track Listing : 1.Boquiñeñe (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 03:34 . 2.Buenos Hermanos (Miguel Matamoros) – 04:37 . 3.La Música Cubana (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 05:11 . 4.Guaguancó Callejero (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 04:36 . 5.Naufragio (Agustín Lara Y Sus Ritmos) – 03:51 . 6.Como El Arrullo De Palma (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 04:03 . 7.Perfume De Gardenias (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 04:44 . 8.Mil Congojas (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 03:34 . 9.Hay Que Entrarle A Palos A Ése (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 04:03 . 10.No Tiene Telaraña (Rosendo Ruíz) – 05:23 . 11.Fuiste Cruel (Marcelino Guerra) – 04:28 . 12.Boliviana (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 03:50 . 13.Oye El Consejo (Ibrahim Ferrer) – 03:26

Musicians : Ibrahim Ferrer – Vocals . Ry Cooder – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) . Clarence Fountain – Vocals . Joe Williams – Vocals . The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama – Vocals . Andrés Escalona – Bass . Iván Valiente – Bass . Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez – Bass . Manuel Galbán – Coro, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Organ, Piano . Joachim Cooder – Drums . Jim Keltner – Drums . Roberto Fonseca – Piano . Chucho Valdés – Piano . Modero Mekanisi – Sax (Alto) . Pantaleón Sánchez – Sax (Alto) . Javier Zalba – Sax (Alto) . Ventura Gutierrez – Sax (Baritone) . Gil Bernal – Sax (Tenor) . Rafael “Jimmy” Jenks – Sax (Tenor) . Antonio Jimenez – Sax (Tenor) . Alfred Thompson – Sax (Tenor) . Luis Alemañy – Trumpet . Jon Hassell – Trumpet . Manuel “El Guajiro” Mirabal – Trumpet . Alejandro Pichardo – Trumpet . Amadito Valdés – Timbales . Isél Martínez – Bongos . Miguel “Angá” Diaz – Bongos, Claves, Congas . Bernardo Choven Garcia – Congas . Demetrio Muniz – Congas, Coro . Carla Commagere – Coro . Juliette Commagere – Coro . Dennis Manuel – Coro . Pepe Maza – Coro . José Antonio Rodríguez – Coro . Lázaro Villa – Coro . Roy Avila – Cello . Alejandro Rodriguez – Cello . Arelis Zaldivar – Cello . Ricardo Fernandez – Viola . Robert Herrera – Viola . José G. Marón – Viola . Enrique Navarro – Viola . Marta Amelia Salgado – Viola . Ana Julia Badia – Violin . Hugo Cruz – Violin . Silvio Duquesne – Violin . Mario Fernandez – Violin . Gerardo García – Violin . Rogelio Martinez, Jr. – Violin . Ariel Sarduy – Violin

Production : Produced By Ry Cooder Isel Martinez Rodriguez – Assistant Engineer . James Thompson – Assistant Engineer . Tom Leader – Assistant Engineer, Mastering . Jerry Boys – Engineer, Mastering, Mixing

Package : Christian Jaspars – Photography

Recorded 2002 – 2003.

Released On March 18, 2003 By World Circuit.

(Source Ibrahim Ferrer – Buenos Hermanos | Ibrahim Ferrer @ Wikipedia)

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MusicOMH
This 76-year-old vocalist certainly isn’t getting any younger, but has the gusto, enthusiasm and years of experience to put many a young pup firmly in their place. […]

PopMatters
Septuagenarian Kicks Everyone’s Ass . . . AgainSure, he’s got to play it smooth sometimes, and so Ferrer busts out some ballads here that would make robots bawl their eyes out. He’s been through everything, has Ferrer—young success, disrespect and jealousy from his Cuban musical peers, late-life global success, love, loss—and he makes you feel it on the slow jam […]

BBC
One of my favourite tracks, “La Música Cubana” was composed spontaneously in the studio by Ferrer and Chucho Valdés and just about sums up this splendid CD – eloquent, inventive and utterly life-affirming. […]

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