June 19, 2007
Cuban Musicians (Updated)
How many musicians from Cuba can you name who have been sucessful in the U.S.? I'm asking because according to World Music Central, there have been none.
Issac Delgado, who left Cuba a little over 6 months ago, has been called “the most significant Cuban singer of his generation”. Already a star in Cuba, Delgado is making a run at becoming the first musician from the island to find commercial success stateside. (my emphasis)
Hello! Celia Cruz, Jorge Bolet, Desi Arnaz, Xavier Cugat, Albita, Gloria Estefan, just for starters.
Is it ignorance or castroite revisionism?
Update: I'm happy to report that World Music Central has corrected their error, it now reads:
Issac Delgado, who left Cuba a little over 6 months ago, has been called “the most significant Cuban singer of his generation”. Already a star in Cuba, Delgado is making a run at becoming the latest musician from the island to find commercial success stateside in recent times." (again, my emphasis)
Thank you Babalu readers!
Posted by Ziva at June 19, 2007 11:23 AM
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Check out JCF he is awesome.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=115843726
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at June 19, 2007 11:44 AM
And he is Granmy nominated too!
Posted by: mandingo at June 19, 2007 11:44 AM
http://worldmusiccentral.org/artists/artist_page.php?id=4424
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/20051228195334671
Posted by: mandingo at June 19, 2007 11:48 AM
both. but probably castroite revisionism.
Posted by: emily_nelson at June 19, 2007 11:56 AM
Mandingo, I agree Juan Carlos Formell is great! Considering the number of important Cuban musicians, how prolific and influential they have been in American music, I cannot believe that stupid statement made it past the editor.
Posted by: Ziva at June 19, 2007 11:59 AM
Perez Prado, Cachao, Olga Guillot, Jon Secada,
Posted by: Firefly at June 19, 2007 12:11 PM
They have a "Contact Us" link on their site in the upper right corner. Perhaps a gentle suggestion can be made to the site owners to correct their mistake?
Posted by: ElMondo at June 19, 2007 12:16 PM
Machito (latin Jazz), Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval
Posted by: Firefly at June 19, 2007 12:19 PM
ORISHAS have found a lot of success in the US. They are a rap rock group from Cuba.
Though they praise the revolution in form, I think the overall context of the message is one critical of fidel's policies.
It's important to note that they are on a state run record label and while they tour overseas, surely their actions are watched closelt by the government which clearly limits what they can say.
Posted by: ComeMierdaFidel at June 19, 2007 12:19 PM
Mario Bauza, Chico OFarrill.
Posted by: Val Prieto at June 19, 2007 12:25 PM
-Ray Ruiz
-Amaury Gutierrez, I think he was nominated for a grammy last years.
-Manolin
Posted by: Lori at June 19, 2007 12:28 PM
What about Benny More???
Posted by: Lori at June 19, 2007 12:43 PM
Let them know how you feel !!
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/contact_us#Staff
Posted by: FREEDOM4CUBA at June 19, 2007 12:50 PM
I did not know that Xavier Cugat was from Cuba.
Posted by: jose dominguez at June 19, 2007 01:03 PM
Jose- Cugat was born in Spain. With his family, he emigrated to Cuba when he was five. He trained as a classical violinist and played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in Havana before immigrating to New York.
Posted by: Ziva at June 19, 2007 01:15 PM
Trumpet man Arturo Sandoval...
Posted by: Zhangliqun at June 19, 2007 03:55 PM
Don't forget the legendary congaro Mongo Santamaria.
Posted by: Shtetl G at June 19, 2007 03:56 PM
How about Maria Conchita Alonso? She's from my hometown in Cuba. Her family is Cuban and she was born in Cuba though she's become a Venezuelan citizen.
Posted by: Firefly at June 19, 2007 06:44 PM
How about Meme Solis and Ernesto Lecuona?
Posted by: mavi at June 19, 2007 08:14 PM
It's nice that they corrected their error, but you'd think they would surely have known better to begin with. There are a lot of "authorities" and "experts" out there that are no such thing.
Posted by: asombra at June 20, 2007 09:51 AM