Bossa Cubana

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"Cuban doo-wop" is good shorthand for the sound of this enormously appealing quintet. But Bossa Cubana, an exhumation of 17 tracks by '60s stars Los Zafiros, is even more unpredictable than that phrase would leave you to believe. The music here carries echoes of everything from Beny More (sans horn section) to Little Anthony and the Imperials, while often sounding like a secret influence on Chris Isaak. Los Zafiros are at their most affecting when wailing and harmonizing over slow-dance tempos; listen to their Spanish translation of "My Prayer" ("Mi Oracion"), and you'll never hear the Platters quite the same way again. --Rickey Wright

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Average customer rating: Bossa Cubana BLUE MADNESS Seen the movie Havana Mi Amor? Seen the movie Havana Mi Amor? awesome

Bossa Cubana Los Zafiros Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: Zafiros Story Antologia Cubana / Los Zafiros La Llorona Mambo Sinuendo At Folsom Prison ASIN: B00000JG3C Release Date: 1999-07-06

Tracks:

1. Bossa Cubana
2. La Luna En Tu Mirada
3. Mirame Fijo
4. Dichoso Mar
5. Por No Comprenderte
6. Y Sabes Bien
7. Cancion De Orfeo
8. Mi Amor, Perdoname
9. Cuando Yo La Conoci
10. La Caminadora
11. He Venido
12. Puchunguita, Ven
13. Herdo De Sombras
14. Si Corazon
15. My Oracion
16. Un Nombre De Mujer
17. Cantra Lo Sentimental

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"Cuban doo-wop" is good shorthand for the sound of this enormously appealing quintet. But Bossa Cubana, an exhumation of 17 tracks by '60s stars Los Zafiros, is even more unpredictable than that phrase would leave you to believe. The music here carries echoes of everything from Beny More (sans horn section) to Little Anthony and the Imperials, while often sounding like a secret influence on Chris Isaak. Los Zafiros are at their most affecting when wailing and harmonizing over slow-dance tempos; listen to their Spanish translation of "My Prayer" ("Mi Oracion"), and you'll never hear the Platters quite the same way again. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Bossa Cubana.......2003-05-24

I ordered this CD by recommendation and am keenly disappointed. In my opinion, it is over-produced and over-glitzed, a kind of Euro-disco production. It lacks the freshness and vitality of Cuban music (the kind I hoped it would be), e.g., Omara, the Buena Vista Social Club. There was rock and roll, doo-wop, some production numbers" such as "a Day in the Life of a Fool," some straight-out-of-the-fifties music, and very few bossa novas. I suggest that anyone wishing to order the CD should preview it very carefully.

BLUE MADNESS.......2001-06-14

THIS IS THE VERY BEST OF THE ZAFIROS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN TITLED THAT! IT'S NOT JUST THE SONGS BUT THE MASTERING AND QUALITY OF THE SOUND THAT MAKES THIS THE BEST CD (TO DATE) OF THE ZAFIROS, AS FAR AS THE MUSIC WHAT CAN BE SAID...IT'S FABULOUS..IT'S FRANKIE LYMON MEETS THE PLATTERS BUT BETTER...THE ZAFIROS WERE FOR VOICES AND ONE GUITAR AND ALL FOUR SINGERS WERE LEAD SINGERS..NOT JUST ONE SINGER AND THE OTHERS STRICTLY BACKING..THEY EACH HAD DIFFERENT STYLES AND INTERPRETED THE SONGS BEAUTIFULLY...THIS CD CAPTURES ALL OF THE MAGIC...FROM THE STEAMY BALLADS TO THE UP-TEMPO DANCEABLES THEY WILL ALL BECOME FAVORITES..JUST LISTEN..THE DOO-WOP INFLUENCE IS TREMENDOUS CONSIDERING THIS GROUP WAS BORN AFTER THE EMBARGO WHEN NOTHING AMERICAN WAS WELCOMED IN CUBA..IT'S TOO BAD THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE STATES. THERE'S ALSO SOME INTERESTING ANECDOTES IN THE LINER... A MUST!

Seen the movie Havana Mi Amor?.......2000-11-23

Saw the film Havana Mi Amor at the Mill Valley Film Festival (great movie about romance Havana style, a TV repairman, and soap operas imagined and real) which features many songs by los Zafiros, and while it took me forever to figure out how to buy many of the songs from the film (on this CD), it has finally happened. So many sweet moments, and great to dance to!

Seen the movie Havana Mi Amor?.......2000-11-23

Saw the film Havana Mi Amor at the Mill Valley Film Festival (great movie about romance Havana style, a TV repairman, and soap operas imagined and real) which features many songs by los Zafiros, and while it took me forever to figure out how to buy many of the songs from the film (on this CD), it has finally happened. So many sweet moments, and great to dance to!

awesome.......2000-06-07

awesome cd. Brought back lots of memories. Sometimes we forget how rich our culture really is. I use to listen to them a lot back home in my native Cuba. I even know all of the songs by heart. It is a pity that Hermosa Havana is not included, but is excellent anyway. By the way, saw the movie about them in Miami a while back.

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Bossa Cubana (Feat. Joao Donato) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000BR2MMG Release Date: 2005-12-20

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