The mythical Dominican salsa singer settled in New York and known as \u201cThe Canary\u201d visited the Cuban eastern province of Santiago de Cuba from March 28 through 31, 2014, for recording some tracks and shooting two video clips along with the traditional music band Septeto Santiaguero. He is one of the most important guests of the Septet for their new album, which pays homage to the unforgettable duet \u201cLos Compadres\u201d, Giraldo Bravo, the new vocalist of the band, said to OnCuba.<\/p>\n
Rita la Caimana, Oye mi Tono (duet by Eduardo \u201cTibur\u00f3n\u201d Morales with Jos\u00e9 Alberto \u201cThe Canary\u201d), El Run Run and Amor Silvestre (recorded in the latest album of the Septet \u201cVamos pa\u00b4la Fiesta\u201d (2012) nominated to the 2013Latin Grammy Award in the category ofBest Traditional Tropical Album) are some of the anthological songs interpreted by the famous duet of Lorenzo Hierrezuelo and Compay Segundo, this time in the voices of \u201cThe Canary\u201d and musicians of the Septet.<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Alberto Justiniano And\u00fajar is better known as \u201cThe Canary\u201d for his exquisite voice and his ability to improvise and create melodies by simulating the sound of a flute while whistling. He is one of the most successful salsa singers worldwide with a 35-year long career. He has recorded more than 18 albums as soloist and more than 20 in collaboration with other artists. Sergio George, New Yorker pianist and record producer well-know for working with outstanding salsa singers, once said: The Canary is a true show man when he is on stage.<\/p>\n
The interpreter of songs like Bailemosotravez, Disc\u00falpemeSe\u00f1oraandSue\u00f1oContigo, took by surprise many walkers as he came closeto the location (a narrow midtown street in Santiago) of the shooting of the video clip directed by Michel Miglis, a Swedish producer living in Cuba, because it was hard to believe that \u201cThe Canary\u201d was the eighth man of the SeptetoSantiaguero for that night.<\/p>\n
However, this is not his first rapprochement to Cuba or his first visit. Jose Alberto came to Cuba in 1975 as the main voice of La T\u00edpica `73, one of the leading salsa bands from New York at the time. On that occasion, he got to the top ranking lists in that city with the song \u201cLa Candela\u201d, by Juan Formell, the director of Los Van Van.<\/p>\n
In 1976 La T\u00edpica \u00b473 enhanced its musical format with musical rhythms as la guajira, cha chach\u00e1andsongo. This process is recorded in the album \u201cRumba Caliente\u201d which portrays the most traditional Cuban music and includes a version of the classic song by the Aragon band, \u201cPare Cochero\u201d.<\/p>\n
Two years after the success of that album, La T\u00edpica \u00b473 became the first New Yorker band to travel to Cuba to perform in Havana. Besides, it recorded at the EGREEM studios the famous album \u201cT\u00edpica 73 in Cuba \u2013 Cultural Interchange\u201d(Fania 542), which was released the following year.<\/p>\n
Outstanding Cuban musicians took part in this record; some of them were:F\u00e9lix Chapot\u00edn, Guillermo Barreto, Tata G\u00fcines, Jos\u00e9 Luis \u201cChanguito\u201d Quintana, Richard Eg\u00fces and \u201cEl Ni\u00f1o\u201d Rivera.Jos\u00e9 Alberto \u201cThe Canary\u201d was the main voice of the album.<\/p>\n
For these reasons, his visit to Santiago de Cuba should not be taken as surprise, taking into account that internationallyrenowned artists have visited this city, also known as the cradle of son and trova, to exchange their music with ours and to acknowledge the legitimacy of our music. Andy Monta\u00f1ez, the Great Combo of Puerto Rico,Oscar D\u00b4 Le\u00f3n and even the former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, just to mention a few, have stopped by the Casa de la Trova in Santiago for drinking, not only a good mojito, but from the ancestral spirit of the Cuban son.<\/p>\n
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