Gene Golden's "Quinto Mayor": Compay Galletano

Here's a nice guaguancó from Gene Golden's group, "Quinto Mayor," recorded in NYC 2006.

Featuring

Gene Golden
Roman Diaz
Skip Burney
Puntilla
Pedrito Martínez
Frank Bell
Xiomara Rodriguez

Enjoy.

Thanks to Patricio for the lyrics:

Compay Galletano
Compositor: Desconocido;
Estilo: Guaguancó;
Cantan: Orlando “Puntilla” Ríos & “Pedrito” Campos Martínez

Ya Compa’ Galletano
¿Como sin diente va a mole’?
(bis)

Waí waí waí ila so
Waí waí waí ila so
Waí waí waí ila so
Kó kó wa mole’

Waí waí waí ila so
Waí waí waí ilaso
Waí waí waí ila so
Kó kó wa mole’

Un pa’ kiti Mamá
Un pa’ kiti Papá
Kó wa ne da ikó-o
Ma ilé o…

Un pa’ kiti Mamá
Un pa’ kiti Papá
Kó wa ne da ifó-o
Ma ilé o…

Un pa’ kiti Mamá
Un pa’ kiti Papá
Kó wa ne da ikó-o
Ma ilé o…

Un pa’ kiti Mamá
Un pa’ kiti Papá
Kó wa ne da ifó-o
Ma ilé o… (de un canto de Tumba Francesa)

Solista: Pero kó kó ka íña-a

Coro: Ma ni Lodó, ma ikokó ka íña

Virgilio Martí singing "Más Que Nada"

Here's some rare footage of the great Virgilio Martí, singing his classic version of Jorge Ben's "Más Que Nada," which he recorded on "Patato y Totico" (an indespensible record and recently remastered, by the way.)

This is from a 1979 performance at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The group was called "Afrocuban Fantasy" and featured:

Virgilio Martí: Vocals
Little Ray Romero: 3/2
Gene Golden: Tumbadora
Eloy Martí: Quinto
Xiomara Rodriguez: Dancer
Eddie ?: Dancer

The coro includes:

Pedro Morejón
Carlos Sánchez
Russell Burroughs

Thanks to our friend Gene Golden for sharing this with us. Enjoy.

Conjunto Folklórico Nacional: Début Program

Today is the 44th anniversary of the début performance of The Conjunto Folklórico Nacional, July 25 1963. To commemorate, we are pleased to present a full scan of the original catalog for the performance. Our thanks to Román Díaz and Berta Jottar for sharing this historic document with us.

Besides the articles written by Rogelio Martinez Furé, the book also contains many historic photographs of such notables as Carlos Aldama, Lázaro Ros, Jesus Pérez, Trinidad Torregrosa, Nieves Fresneda, Luis Chacón, Ricardo Gómez Santacruz, and more. Patricio is working on restoring some of the portraits and we hope to begin posting them in the very near future. In the meantime, here are some sample pages. Click for a larger view.







Download the full 68-page program in pdf format (18MB) here.

UPDATE June 2009: Added to scribd.com

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Celia Cruz from "Affair in Havana" (1957)

Celia Cruz passed away July 16 2003. Here is a clip of her from the 1957 film "Affair in Havana." Can anyone identify the other percussionists?

Yoruba Andabo: Guantanamera

Yoruba Andabo in a classic performance of their brilliant version of "Guantanamera," which is more like a version of José Ramón Sánchez's "El Madrugador" with Joseito Fernández's famous coro. Enjoy.



Guantanamera
Autor: Joseito Fernandez / José Ramón Sánchez
Grabación: Yoruba Andabo, "Del Yoruba al son"

Yoruba Andabo les canto
Y Uds se lo pedian
A Joseito Fernández
El rey de la melodía
A Joseito Fernández
El rey de la melodía

Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
(bis)

Que lindo es el suelo mío
Bajo el azulado cielo
(bis)
Que juntito al arroyuelo
Murmurar junto al bohío

Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
(bis)

Ilumina el vergelillo
El sol con su claridad
Y rompe la soledad
Habitual de las praderas
Una tondada siquiera
¡Qué signo de libertad!

Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
(bis)

A mi la canción me inspria
Por su romántico sello
(bis)
Pero se admirar lo bello
De una tonada guajira
Mira de un bardo
Bardo la lira
Como el sol en
Como el sol en la mañana
Más la doctrina
La doctrina martiana
Con la mente se demuestra
Cantando música nuestra
Que es más linda
Y es cubana

Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera
Guajira guantanamera
(bis)

Solista: Lo cantaba Joseíto en La Republica entera

Coro: Ya tienes mi guaguancó
Guajira guantanamera

Coro: Guajira guantanamera