The Best of Cuban Buena Vista

Along with rum and cigars, the music of Cuba has proved a hugely successful export for many years. The early decades of the last century saw bands from the island playing for the socialites of New York and Paris, a period when terms like rumba, mambo and cha-cha-cha entered the national vocabulary. The fact that so many of these sounds and rhythms have echoed through western pop music, has led to a demand for the raw, undiluted ritmo latino. Featured here on this collection are some of the finest musical artists Cuba has ever produced, including Omara Portuondo, Ruben Gonzalez, Compay Segundo, Celia Cruz and many more.