SELLO MAYFIR
01 MAMA INEZ
02 ADIOS
03 LAS SUEGRAS
04 SAY SI SI
05 NOCHE DE RONDA
06 PEANUT VENDOR
07 DONDE ESTABAS TU
08 LA VIRGEN DE LA MACARENA
09 TABU
10 OYELO
A VISIT HAVANA, METROPOLIS OF THE CARIBBEAN, BE A REWORDING EXPERIENCE
PROMISE FOR THE YOUNG, FULFILMENT FOR THE MATURE
LUSH IN LANDSCOPE AND LANDMARKS, HAVANA OFFERS ONE OF THE UNIQUE
ADVANTAGES OF A CITY OPULENT IN TROPIC BEAUTY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE THOT ALSO
THROBS WITH ECSTATIC NIGHLIFE, FOR IT IS TRULY SAID THAT
HAVANA COMES TO LIFE AFTER DORK.
THUS HAS IT BEEN FROM THE TIME OF ITS FOUNDING BY THE
SPANIARDS IN 1515, ITS SACKING BY BUCCANNESRS IN 1538, ITS CAPTURE
BY THE BRITISH IN 1762 AND ITS OCCUPATION IN 1898 BY CUBAN REVOLUTIONISTS AND
UNITS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
FOR ALL ITS TROUBED HISTRY, HOWEVER, HAVANA REMAINS AT HEART A GOY.
ROISTERING CITY WHOSE PEOPLE SHARE A VIGOTOUS LOVE MUSIC AND LAUGHTER.
IN THEIR MUSIC ESPECIALLY IS REFLECTED THE SPIRIT OF CUBANO, AND PLAYED
AS IT IS HERE IN VIBRANT HIGHT - FIDELITY SOUND BY A TYPICAL CONJUNTO BAND,
ONE CAN BE TRANSPORTED IN IMAGINATION TO ANY OF THE TYPICAL NIGHSPOTS
THAT ABOUND IN HAVANA,
TO TITO RIVERA, PERFORMANCE OF THIS ENLIVENING MUSIC IS AS NATURAL
AS BREATHING, AS TRUE AND VITAL AS LIFE. FOR OVER 25 YEARS HE HAS BEEN PERHAPS
THE LEADING EXPONENT OF CUBAN CONGA DRUMMING, BORN IN HAVANA, TITO HAS TOURED THE
WORLD WITH XAVIER CUGAT, BEE CONGERO FOR PEGGY LEE AND WORKED THE FAMOUS COCONUT
GROVE WITH YMA SUMAC MOREAVER, HE IS O PROLIFIC COMPOSER OF CUBAN
SONGS AND WAS THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE TO HOLLYWOOD AUTHENTIC CONJUNTO MUSIC
IN PHYSICAL MAKE UP THE CONJUNTO BAND IS COMPOSED OF TWO GUITARS (THE TRES
THREE STRING, ELECTRIC), THREE TRUMPETS, TIMBALES, CONGA, BONGOS,
BASS AND A CHORUS.
THE MUSICAL APPROACH IS BUILT UPON RHYTHMS FOR DANCING, WHICH MEANS
THE MUSIC MUST SWING
TITO PROVES HERE THAT EVEN WITH ESTABLISHED, OFT OLAYED NUMBERS
SHE CUBAN CONJUNTO CHARACTERISTICALLY HAS A BOLL.. AND ANYONE+WITH A PULSE CANNOT
FAIL TO RESPOND, TO JOIN IN THE FUN WITH TITO RIVERA`S CONJUNTO CUBANACAN.
ALBUM PRODUCTION BY DAVE PALL, RECORDING ENGINEER RALPH VALENTINE.
