Barbarito Torres - Havana Café (1999)

Barbarito Torres is the Buena Vista Social Club’s laudista. Torres is a master of the craft with an acute sense of musical tradition and restraint. His usual ensemble is magnificent, their richness of sound evoking tropical beaches, good cigars and, yes, Havana cafes. And when the band is augmented by guests like Buena Vista vocalists Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo and Pio Leyva, the party gets bumped up a few notches. Torres’ music is fun, sentimental, simply wondrous, a worthwhile extension of the Buena Vista spirit of alégria.

01. Hijo del Siboney
02. La calabaza
03. Sarandonga
04. Corazon de chivo
05. El amor de mi bohio
06. Lagrimas negras
07. Pensando en ti
08. yo no se
09. Sublime ilusion
10. Camina palo chapiao
11. Cangrejo no tiene na
12. Los celos de mi compay
13. El tren (pico y pala)
14. Alla vay