Lamento Negro

Susana Baca | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 4, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tumi Records
• ASIN: B00005NTT1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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49 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unauthorized Re-Release, November 29, 2001

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"hfeldman4" (New Orleans, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamento Negro (Audio CD)

This CD, which appears to be a new release due to the contemporary (and unauthorized) cover photo of Susana Baca and the sparse information in the liner notes, is actually a re-release of an earlier recording Susana Baca made in Cuba in 1986. The masters were apparently secured from EGREM and re-released by Tumi Music without Ms. Baca's knowledge or permission. Susana Baca is currently fighting both the British recording label and EGREM for this transgress of her rights as an artist and individual. She and her manager request that you do not buy this CD.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Susana Baca's roots, September 23, 2002

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"ausum" (Lima, Peru) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamento Negro (Audio CD)

If you've got to know Susana's music from those albums produced by David Birne, you might consider that you've just listened to products prepared for the etno-jazz fans, albums that just exploits her beautiful voice and utilizes a lot of the most liked armonies by them (including the slow tempos and the silences). When I knew that one of her former albums was nominated for the Latin Grammy and not any of those from the Birne's age, I had a good feeling about it: "Lamento Negro" would've remained as a completely anonymous production unless the interest of a smart entrepeneur who bought the rights and remasterized the original recording (it was recorded for tape by totally unknown musicians!) and released it on CD. Because of that, you now can listen to genuine artists playing music with great joy an inspiration, mixing Susana's tender voice (cuter than today as it was recorded sixteen years ago), poetry, and afroperuvian tunes in a happy piece of true and sincere art.

Susana Baca has finally won the Latin Grammy for this album. I never thought this could be possible, but it was and it's fair. You'll agree, I'm sure.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Congratulations Susana Baca and Pablo Neruda, September 22, 2002

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Mo Fini (Bath, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lamento Negro (Audio CD)

As the director of TUMI Music, who released this album, I would like to congratulate Susana Baca for her stunning recording, and also the late Chilean Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda for his inspiration. I am, nevertheless saddened that Susana's manager has expressed concern about the legality of this project. This previously unreleased album was originally recorded by Susana exclusively for EGREM in Cuba, who then had the right to license it to whoever they chose to. I had spent many days researching the EGREM archives till I found this rare jewel of a recording. We then licensed it from EGREM to release the album worldwide.
TUMI Music is delighted that Latin Grammy has recognized the beauty of this album and its cultural importance, since Susana interprets the poetry of the some of the best writers of Latin America.
Mo Fini, A&R, TUMI Music. Bath, UK