Omara Portuondo 85 Tour with special guests Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen and Regina Carter
In celebration of her 85th birthday, Omara Portuondo - along with Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen and Regina Carter, present an enchanting evening of Latin jazz and balladry. A long-time star in Cuba, the smash hit album Buena Vista Social Club brought Portuondo a new level of fame as one of Cuba’s prominent musical ambassadors.
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After 16 years on the road, the Grammy-winning global ambassadors for Cuban music, the phenomenal, multigenerational musicians of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, are bidding their public farewell in a final world tour. The Adiós ensemble features several stars who played on the landmark Buena Vista Social Club recording, including singer-guitarist Eliades Ochoa, trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, laúd virtuoso Barbarito Torres, and the incomparable Cuban diva Omara Portuondo. Together, these masters of son, bolero, danzón, cha-cha-cha, and guajiro channel the ambiance of Havana's Golden Era dance halls, "taking the atmosphere up to a breathless level" (The Independent, London).
Omara Portuondo 85 Tour with special guests Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen and Regina Carter
In celebration of her 85th birthday, Omara Portuondo - along with Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen and Regina Carter, present an enchanting evening of Latin jazz and balladry. A long-time star in Cuba, the smash hit album Buena Vista Social Club brought Portuondo a new level of fame as one of Cuba’s prominent musical ambassadors.
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After 16 years on the road, the Grammy-winning global ambassadors for Cuban music, the phenomenal, multigenerational musicians of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, are bidding their public farewell in a final world tour. The Adiós ensemble features several stars who played on the landmark Buena Vista Social Club recording, including singer-guitarist Eliades Ochoa, trumpeter Guajiro Mirabal, laúd virtuoso Barbarito Torres, and the incomparable Cuban diva Omara Portuondo. Together, these masters of son, bolero, danzón, cha-cha-cha, and guajiro channel the ambiance of Havana's Golden Era dance halls, "taking the atmosphere up to a breathless level" (The Independent, London).
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