2013 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL

PART 3 ORQUESTA BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

PHOTOS BY TOM EHRLICH © 2013

Tim Jackson, Artistic Director of Monterey Jazz Festival introducing the band

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club

Omara Portuondo and Rolando Luna

Papi Oviedo

Omara

Omara, Rolando and dancers

Rolando Luna

Pedro Pablo

This latest version of Buena Vista Social Club consists of older legendary musicians such as Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa, Papi Oviedo, Guajiro Mirabal and Barbarito Torres, middle age master musicians and some younger master musicians most of whom played with some of the top timba bands.

These timberos are Rolando Luna who played piano with Issac Delgado and Paulito, Carlos Kalunga who sang with Klimax and Manolito y su Trabuco, Alberto La Noche who played with Cubanismo, Andres Cuayo who played timbales with Issac Delgado and Pedro Pablo who played with Charanga Habanera, Charanga Forever and was the leader of a few great recordings - Los Aces de la Timba and Pedro Pablo y Rebambaramba.

Omara and Rolando

Barbarito Torres playing the laud behind his back and Idania Valdés guiro

Omara and Papi Oviedo dancing

Eliades Ochoa

Guajiro Maribal on right and Guajirito Maribal on the left

Idania Valdés

Eliades Ochoa

Right to left Carlos Kulunga, Idania Valdés, Papi Oviedo and Pedro Pablo behind on the screen

Carlos Kalunga and Barbarito Torres dancing

Omara and Papi dancing down to the floor - try that when you get to your 80's

Omara

Omara and Papi

Left to right Alberto La Noche, Eliades Ochoa, Filberto Sanchez and Papi Oviedo

Conguero Andres Cuoyo on the screen

Carlos Kalunga trying to play the laud

Rolando Luna

Papi Oviedo

Omara, Rolando and dancers

Filberto Sánchez timbales on screen

Carlos Kulunga and Idania Valdés

Rolando Luna

Rolando

Idania Valdés and Jesús Aguaje dancing and Papi on the guitar

Barbarito Torres laud and Papi Oviedo claves