Todo Cuba Baila Con Juan Formell Y Los Van Van

Juan Formell y Los Van Van | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 7, 1998)
• Original Release Date: June 30, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Max Music
• ASIN: B000007T8R
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #736,739 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Que Voy a Hacer Si Tu Te Vas

2. Pero Que Falta de Respeto

3. Sera Que Se Acabo

4. De 5 a 7

5. Despues Que Te Casaste

6. Danzonete

7. Artesanos del Espacio

8. Que Extraño Saxofon

9. Se Cambia el Turno

10. Güararey de Pastora

11. De la Habana a Matanzas

12. El Negro No Tiene Na'

13. No Soy de la Gran Escena

14. A Ver Que Sale

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Los Van Van is perhaps the most influential Cuban dance music group for nearly 20 years. Led by bassist singer and composer Juan Formell and powered by percussionist Jose Luis Quintana "Changuito," Los Van Van are an updated flute-string-and-brass charanga, blending finesse and muscle. The set, part of the Toda Cuba Baila series that also includes releases by Irakere and NG La Banda, here looks back at the band's old hits such as "De 5 a 7," "Artesanos Del Espacio" and "Despues Que Te Casaste." Often, the band walks a fine line between musical experimentation and the demands of the dancers on the dancefloor such as the ersatz rap-charanga "Que Extrano Saxofon," the rumba influenced "De La Habana a Matanzas." A good glimpse into an important contemporary Cuban group. --Fernando Gonzalez

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1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please stop false advertising, September 11, 2003

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This review is from: Todo Cuba Baila Con Juan Formell Y Los Van Van (Audio CD)

This recording by the aging Cuban dance band Los Van Van is incorrectly placed in the category with the young Cuban singer/songwriter/guitarist Juan-Carlos Formell. Los Van Van like is a Latin copy of "Blood, Sweat and Tears."

Juan-Carlos Formell is a brilliantly original artist with a searingly poetic take on Cuba, its music, its culture and it people. He lives in exile in New York because his music was forbidden in Cuba.