AK45: Noche Cubana

Published: April 14, 2011, 6 p.m.

b'All tracks are from records I picked up in Cuba in 2009. While not my primary purpose for my trip, I had a few titles in mind. \\n\\nHappening upon a Frank Emilio with Tata Guines record in Havana, I excitedly asked the market vendor where I could find more like this. A phone call and "local\'s taxi" car ride later -- it\'s courtesy and expected for car owners to pack their car with waiting locals, but illegal for tourists -- put me deep in Centro Habana, in a broken down home powered by a single light bulb. But he had the goods, the "crema, crema, CREMA", he\'d shake his head and say whenever I pulled out a promising title. \\n\\nI only had room in my pack for about a dozen, and on those I did bring back, I spent a couple hours per record scrubbing the grime away. Some of the records are a little scratchy, but like the country itself, this just adds character.\\n\\nSee http://www.buildering.net/podcast/cuba for trip pictures.\\n\\nTracklist\\n---------------------------\\nYoyi - Tu No Me Puedes Conquistar\\nAlgo Nuevo con Juan Pablo Torres - Son A Propulsion\\nAlgo Nuevo con Juan Pablo Torres - Ey!.. Op. I\\nWilson Y Su Combo - ABC Blues\\nChucho Valdes - Invento No. 4\\nConjunto Casino - Goza Mi Son Montuno\\nChucho Valdes - Chucho Cha Cha Cha\\nFrank Emilio, Tata Guines, G. Barreto, Gustavo Tamayo, y O. Hernandez - Habana\\nArsenio Rodriguez - La Vida Es Un Sueno\\nAlgo Nuevo con Juan Pablo Torres - A Luna Llena\\nSenen Suarez - Ser\\nIkarere - Quiniambo\\nSenen Suarez - Extensia\\nChucho Valdes - Cancion De La Tarde\\nFrank Emilio - Lazara Y Georgina'