Ibrahim Ferrer
Gruenberg
08-08-2005, 20:57
I know everyone's concentrating on Robin Cook and some Canadian I've never heard of, and that both probably had greater political significance than Ibrahim Ferrer, but I was still surprised no one had mentioned his death. It's a great shame, and a loss to the music community at large.
Legless Pirates
08-08-2005, 20:58
Oh man I totally forgot to post this yesterday.
*drinks to Ferrer*
Rest in Glory old man
I was under the impression he died a while ago? Or was that Compay Segundo?
Oh (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7538195/ibrahimferrer?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1).
I listen to his music every single day at work (one of my few albums on the notebook). Wow. :(
Gruenberg
08-08-2005, 21:00
No, he died this weekend. But you're right, given its very nature, the Buena Vista Social Club has lost other members over time.
Jah Bootie
08-08-2005, 21:01
Great singer. I guess his time was about up though. Was he a day under 100?
At least he got to relive the glory. Can you imagine...after so many years, basically musically forgotten, to get to tour the world and see it again, the acclaim, the joy...to know a new generation is touched by your music.
¡Qué le vaya bien, compay!
Legless Pirates
08-08-2005, 21:02
Great singer. I guess his time was about up though. Was he a day under 100?
He was 78 I think
Legless Pirates
08-08-2005, 21:04
*wants to high five Sinuhue, but then reconsiders as it is inappropriate at a funeral thread*
Gruenberg
08-08-2005, 21:04
And to be able to use that opportunity: how many artists would be able to turn out truly great performances in their seventies?
Legless Pirates
08-08-2005, 21:05
And to be able to use that opportunity: how many artists would be able to turn out truly great performances in their seventies?
God I hope not the Stones
And to be able to use that opportunity: how many artists would be able to turn out truly great performances in their seventies?
I love his duets with Omara Portuondo... there is just something about their voices that is so poignant. I can imagine my own grandparents singing love songs together...it's a real joy to hear people with such life experience singing...their voices are mellow and fluid. Dos gardenias para ti...man that song almost makes me cry every time I hear it...
Gruenberg
08-08-2005, 21:22
Yes, I definitely think some of those songs exceeded the bounds of anything he did with the BVSC.
Yes, I definitely think some of those songs exceeded the bounds of anything he did with the BVSC.
Yup. Out of the BVSC, the ones I liked the best were Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa and Ibrahim Ferrer. I have all the music they've since recorded (though Eliades Ochoa still had some music floating around before BVSC).
Gruenberg
08-08-2005, 21:31
I've got bits and bobs, really: mostly Ferrer and Segundo (and of course everything Ry Cooder's even sneezed on - but he doesn't really count, I suppose).
(and of course everything Ry Cooder's even sneezed on - but he doesn't really count, I suppose).
Not as a musician he doesn't. He just has a good ear for talent. Other people's talent.
Jah Bootie
08-08-2005, 21:37
Not as a musician he doesn't. He just has a good ear for talent. Other people's talent.
Are you nuts? Ry Cooder is an incredible guitarist who has played on a ton of great albums, both as a sideman and under his own name.
Gruenberg
08-08-2005, 21:39
Yeah, I'm sorry, but he's amazing. He can combine great instrumental playing on his behalf, and a fantastic feel for how other people can contribute their natural talents. Have you never heard Safe As Milk? He was only twenty then! And the Paris, Texas soundtrack is just iconic.
To Compay, Celia Cruz and Ibrahim... remember them the next time you open up a bottle of rum and leave an untouched shot in the middle of your table.