When a few month back I learned that the Buena Vista Social Club was coming in my neighborhood, I didn't think twice and got ticket already. 1st reason being that they are the symbol of Cuban salsa, 2nd being that the original have started to disappear... 4 of the main original club remained for this week end's show. And even if time has passed their energy is obviously unaltered.
When going to such a performance, you expect something great to happen. After it's always hard to actually believe how good that was.
For me salsa is really a live music. Like jazz, it's a music made by musicians that have reached such a height in their mastery of their instrument that they're just here for the fun. And it shines through a music that it itself is already very energetic.
And to think that this is such a complex music, involving more than 10 people and that still they can do pretty much anything they want, do mad improvisations and everybody else will follow, not a problem, thank you... (^_^)
The amount of talent and dexterity in all fields concentrated on that scene was just mind blowing, to such extent that it's impossible to see a highlight. From drums to cello to piano to brass to strings to singers, everything was a highlight.
An I'm not especially fan of salsa to start with...
You can't help but to walk out such thing by doing 2 steps forward, 1 back, 2 forward... :)
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