HABANA DREAMS RECORDING SESSIONS PART 3

EGREM STUDIOS, HABANA VIEJA, CUBA

OCTOBER, 2015

PHOTOS AND VIDEO BY TOM EHRLICH © 2015

CD COVER PHOTO BY DANIELLE MOIR KAPLAN

CD RELEASE DATE JUNE 10, 2016

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A couple of videos of the band listening to a play backof "Compa Galletano" in the control room 

Roberto Hernández Infante in the control room

Bonifacio, blind piano tuner, taking the piano keyboard apart to make some adjustments.  I recently found out from Alfredo Rodríguez (young Cuban pianist phenom) that many of the piano tuners in Cuba are blind.

Edgar Pantoja assisting

Two more play back videos listiening to "Tuve una Revelación"

Pedrito trying to adjust a conga for his brother 

While recording the song "Recuerdos" with the Martínez brothers and Roman Diaz, rumba dancer Orlando Lopez Alonso helped set the atmosphere.

Edgar Pantoja

Alvaro Benavides bass, Antonio Martínez left and Adrian Martínez 

Pedrito and Roman Diaz with Jhair Sala in the background

Pedrito and his brothers Mario, Antonio and Adrian

Mario, Antonio and Adrian 

Video of listening to a play back of "Recuerdos" which became another spontaneous rumba

Rumba dancer Orlando Lopez Alonso

Pedrito and Mario Martínez

Pedrito and Guillermo Amores

Edgar Pantoja with Issac Delgado, Jr. "Issacito"

Issacito

Frank Oropesa of Septeto Nacional and Willie Torres

Habana shower from the studio balcony

Cuban hip hop star Telmary writing out her rap which she recorded with the band

Jhair Sala and Issac Delgado

Telmary and Issac

Descemer Bueno wrote a song especially for the recording ("Dios Mio") and the following video shows Descemer going over the song with Pedrito

Pedrito's manager Paul Siegel with Descemer Bueno