Rough Guide to Cuban Son - Rhythmic Roots of the Salsa Revolution!

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The Rough Guide to Cuban Son
Rhythmic Roots of the Salsa Revolution!
One of the releases from the extensive Rough Guide catalog, this album deals with Cuban son. The nice thing about Rough Guide releases is the incredible breadth that they take upon themselves when creating an album. This one features luminaries from throughout Cuban music, all performing something roughly within the domain of the son. Original pioneers of the sound appear, including the Sexteto Habanero and the Septeto Nacional. Mambo star vocalist Beny Moré provides a track. Supergroups the Afro-Cuban All Stars and ¡Cubanismo! appear with modern versions of the son. Synthesizer-heavy phenomenon Los Van Van also provide their own version of the son. Overall, there's a good deal of wonderful music here to be heard. Every possible aspect of son is represented in some fashion, and that's nothing but good for a listener. This combination of classic and modern renditions within the same style provides both an overview of the genre and its changes as well as a broad spectrum from which the listener can draw their own favorites. The only possible missing links here would perhaps be a representative from Cuban jazz, à la Irakere. Still, a worthwhile album for the new listener and veteran alike.
Review by Adam Greenberg/AllMusic

1 Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro – En Guantanamo
2 Afro-Cuban All Stars– Alto Songo
3 Vieja Trova Santiaguera – El Tren
4 Nico Saquito – María Cristina (removed due to copyright issues)
5 Orquesta Melodias Del 40 – Me Voy Pa' Moron
6 Beny Moré – Francisco Guayabal (removed due to copyright issues)
7 Sierra Maestra – Changó Ta'vení
8 Septeto Santiaguero – Alma De Coral
9 Orquesta Aragón – El Baile Del Suavito (removed due to copyright issues)
10 Los Van Van – Que Pista
11 Son De La Loma – No Me Digas Corazon
12 Sexteto Habanero – Tribilin Cantore
13 Maria Teresa Vera – Eso No Es Na
14 Familia Valera Miranda – Chan Chan
15 Cañambú – Para Bailar El Son
16 ¡Cubanismo! – Canto Al Monte
17 Los Jubilados – Ligadito Con El Son

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