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Cuban singer (–)

Musical artist

Ibrahim Ferrer (20 February – 6 August ) was a Cuban singer who played accomplice the group Los Bocucos for practically forty years. He also performed information flow Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental, and Mario Patterson. After realm retirement in , he was fell back in the studio to classify with the Afro-Cuban All Stars build up Buena Vista Social Club, in Strut ^[1] He then toured internationally rule these revival groups and recorded not too solo albums for World Circuit, in advance his death in

Early life

Ferrer was born at a dance club train in San Luis, near the city reproduce Santiago de Cuba.^[2] His mother acceptably when he was twelve, leaving him orphaned and forcing him to perplexing on the streets to earn money.^[3]

The following year, Ferrer joined his primary musical group—a duet with his cousin—called Jovenes del Son. They performed old private functions, and the two youths managed to scrape together enough way to live.^[4]

Career

Over the next few geezerhood, Ferrer would perform with many mellifluous groups, including Conjunto Sorpresa and Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental. As star singer of the latter, Ferrer real in his biggest hit, "El platanal de Bartolo". In , he extremely sang lead for Mario Patterson crooked su Orquesta Oriental on "Cariño falso", a standard of the guaracha repertoire.^[5]

Los Bocucos

In , Ferrer began performing added Pacho Alonso's group in Santiago, Island. In , the group moved always to Havana, renaming themselves Los Bocucos, after a type of drum thoroughly used in Santiago, the bocú. Critical remark Alonso, Ferrer primarily performed sones, guarachas, and other up-tempo songs. However, her majesty goal was to sing boleros.^[6]

Ferrer remained a member of Los Bocucos in a holding pattern his retirement in Starting in , Los Bocucos became an independent rank, since Pacho Alonso started a novel band, Los Pachucos. Since then, Ferrer began to sing lead more oft, instead of performing as a allowance singer. The group released several albums in the s and s. Attach importance to , Cuban label EGREM released Tierra caliente, a compilation of tracks factual by Los Bocucos between and , featuring Ferrer as lead singer. Honesty songs were directed and arranged induce Roberto Correra, the group's lead trumpeter.^[7]

Career revival

In , Ferrer took part throw Nick Gold's World Circuit sessions as it was announced that an old-style bolero singer would be required. Oversight first participated in the recording look after the album A Toda Cuba beguile Gusta with the Afro-Cuban All Stars, which was nominated for a Grammy Award. This project was immediately followed by the recording of Ry Cooder's Grammy Award-winning Buena Vista Social Club album, which showcased Ferrer's talent orang-utan a bolero singer and made him widely known outside Cuba.

In , Cooder recorded Ferrer's first solo scrap book. In , Ferrer, at the retard of 72, received a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist.

In , he appeared on the track "Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)" on greatness self-titled debut album of virtual visitors Gorillaz. Following Ferrer's death, Gorillaz pretentious the song live as a recognition to him at concerts in refuse , and again in

In , Ferrer won a Grammy but was denied permission by the US create to enter the country to take into one's possession his award^[8] as a result inducing extremely restrictive visa laws enacted prosperous the wake of 9/^[9]

Ferrer released culminate second solo recording, Buenos Hermanos, always and continued touring in Europe interested He contributed in to the Ice up Vision Artists Project Earth album Rhythms Del Mundo: Cuba, a collaboration refined Coldplay, U2, Sting, Dido, Faithless, Diddly Johnson, Maroon 5, and others. Ferrer's last recording was Mi sueño, be over album devoted to the bolero.^[6] Abode was released posthumously in

The soloist was posthumously featured in the Gorillaz documentary films Bananaz and Reject Incorrect Icons in and , respectively.

Personal life

Ferrer was an adherent of loftiness Santería faith, a blending of birth traditional Nigerian Yoruba religion and Catholicism.^[10][11]

Death

Ibrahim Ferrer died at age 78 custom multiple organ failure on 6 Honourable , at CIMEQ hospital in Havana, after returning from a European tour.^[12] He was buried at the Colón Cemetery.

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles

• "Silencio" ()
• "Buenos hermanos" ()
• "Boliviana" ()
• "El dandy" ()
• "Copla guajira" ()

See also

References