Sierra Maestra

   
Artist: Sierra Maestra

   Genre(s): 
Latin
   

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Discography:


   
 Dundunbanza

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 9

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Havana-based radical Sierra Maestra is i of the foremost bands playacting the Cuban word style, which enjoyed its height of popularity in the '20s and '30s. Though word experienced significant revival and renewed international interest thanks to the late-'90s Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon, Sierra Maestra gave the music a new rent on life as other as the late '70s. Headed by Juan d'Marcos González, the nine-piece rig came in concert in 1976 for a performance at the University of Havana, the musicians' alma mater. Utilizing traditional instrumentation including tres, guitar, bongo, guiro, trumpet, and voice, united by congas, maracas, and galvanic base, the musicians named their mathematical group subsequently the mountain range where word was innate. Band loss leader González was joined by Daniel Ramos Alayo (trumpet), Carlos González (tragelaphus eurycerus), Carlos Pisseaux (guiro), Alberto Valdés (maracas and voice), Luis Bárgaza (voice), José Antonio Rodríguez (guitar and voice), Eduardo Himely (sea bass and conga), and Alejandro Suárez (clave and voice). Through regular performance and tV appearances, Sierra Maestra became a national front-runner, victorious national awards in their kickoff troika long time in military operation. The band's debut recording, Sierra Maestra Llegó yardbird el Guanajo Relleno, earned silver status in the yr of its release, 1981. Popular critical reception and widespread popularity open doors for international touring in the early '80s. Following their sophomore departure, Y Son Así (1982), Sierra Maestra toured all over Europe, appearing at significant festivals in Sweden, France, Germany, and Spain. Starting with their 1994 release Dundunbanza!, Sierra Maestra's recordings presently became available to international audiences. Their discography grew importantly throughout the '90s and 2000s, including better than a xII titles by 2006's Boy: Soul of a Nation. The musicians' commitment to the repertory of artists such as Arsenio Rodríguez and the compositions of their have members earned them a reputation as both artful custodians of a tradition and vivid innovators as well.





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