PLEASE NOTE: Michael D's is currently in READ ONLY MODE. Anything submitted will simply not be written to the database.
Lots of stuff is still broken, but at least reviews can now be looked up and read.
Afro-Cuban Legends: Compay Segundo/The Afro-Cuban All-Stars (1998)

Afro-Cuban Legends: Compay Segundo/The Afro-Cuban All-Stars (1998)

Cover Art
Released 18-Oct-2001
Best Version
Region 4

Data Verified

If you create a user account, you can add your own review of this DVD
Compay Segundo
For Compay Segundo, guitarist and singer of Cuba's sensuous and rhythmic son music, now in his 90's, the description 'unique artist' is fully justified, as his sublime performance on Ry Cooder's 1997 Grammy Award-winning Buena Vista Social Club testifies. This concert, filmed at the legendary Olympia in Paris, features an all-star line up of fellow Buena Vista contributors such as Omara Portuondo and Benito Suarez.

The Afro-Cuban All Stars as seen on The South Bank Show
Havana, Cuba during the 1940's and 50's, was one of the most vibrant, thriving and cosmopolitan cities in the Americas, and the dance music capital of the world. Following the Cuban Revolution, and subsequent US embargo, the country and its musicians survived in isolation until 1996 when the young Cuban bandleader Juan de Marcos Gonzalez gathered together some of the greatest Cuban musicians of the last fifty years, to create The Afro-Cuban All Stars. The 'golden age' of Cuban music came out of retirement, to huge international acclaim.

Reviews Glitches RPI
Disc Rating
Anthony K
1 More Review
Nil known
$39.95
Starring












Directed by



Music


Genre Year Running Time Format Region Coding Dual
Layer
Music 1998 106:12 576i (PAL) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Video
Widescreen 1.66:1, NOT 16x9 Enhanced
Audio
, , , , , , ,
Subtitles
 
Extras
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Censorship/Version Notes
No Censorship/Version notes available for this title