BENNY MORÉ - GRABACIONES COMPLETAS (1953/1960) VOL. 1

BENNY MORÉ
Benny é uma lenda viva em Cuba. Sua musicalidade inata lhe permitia que, sem saber uma nota de música, elaborasse os arranjos para sua orquestra; cantava as notas para o copista e esse colocava na pauta as linhas melódicas que saíam da cabeça de Benny. Não é o único exemplo, claro, mas - sem dúvida - isso dá uma idéia da dimensão do grande Benny Moré
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BENNY MORÉ
Benny Moré (August 24, 1919 – February 19, 1963) is considered by many fans of Cuban music as the greatest Cuban singer of all time. He was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity. Moré was a master all the genres of Cuban music, including son montuno, mambo, guaracha, guajira, cha cha cha, Afro-Cuban, canción, guaguancó and Bolero. As a child Moré learned to play the guitar, making his first instrument at age six. In 1936, at age seventeen, he left Las Lajas for Havana, where he lived from hand-to-mouth, playing in bars and cafés, passing the hat. His first breakthrough was winning a radio competition. Then came Moré's major breakthrough. Ciro Rodríguez, of the famed Trío Matamoros, heard Moré singing in the bar El Temple and was greatly impressed. Shortly thereafter, Moré replaced Miguel Matamoros as lead singer, and the latter dedicated himself to leading the band. In 1945 Moré went with Conjunto Matamoros to Mexico. Conjunto Matamoros returned to Havana, but Moré remained in Mexico. At the end of 1950, Moré returned to Cuba. He was a star in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Rico, but virtually unknown on the island. In Havana, Moré worked for the radio station RHC Cadena Azul, with the orchestras of Bebo Valdés and Ernesto Duarte. In addition to the radio, he also performed at dances, cabarets and parties. In 1952, Moré made a recording with the Orquesta Aragón and he decided that he would perform with this group in the dance halls. At this point, Moré broke with Duarte when he discovered that Duarte was not taking him to Saturday and Sunday gigs because he was black. Moré was furious. He presented himself to the agent of RCA in Cuba and told him he was not going to record again with the orchestra of Duarte. Moré decided at that point to start his own orchestra - Banda Gigante. The Banda was a large ensemble, numbering up to forty musicians, only comparable in size with the big band of Xavier Cugat. Although Moré could not read music, he arranged material by singing parts to his musicians. Moré was offered a tour of Europe -- France in particular -- but he rejected it because of fear of flying (he had by that time been in three air accidents). In the
aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, many of Cuba's top musical figures left, most for the US and some for Mexico but Beny, the greatest of them all, stayed in Cuba, among as he said, "mi gente" - "my people". When Moré died in 1963 of cirrhosis, an estimated 100,000 fans attended his funeral. He was only 43 years old.
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MINHA OPINIÃO: MINHA OPINIÃO - Benny Moré está para Cuba assim como Carlos Gardel para a Argentina: é idolatrado até hoje. (Há quem diga que ambos estão cantando cada vez melhor...) Quando você toca no nome de Benny com um exilado cubano da velha guarda em Miami, ele, invariavelmente, se emociona e chora. Isto dá uma dimensão do que representa BENNY MORÉ para a grande música cubana. Este álbum é a primeira parte de uma coletânea dos seus grandes sucessos entre os anos de 1953 e 1960. Uma preciosidade.
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BENNY MORÉ - GRABACIONES COMPLETAS (1953/1960) VOL. 1

TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. Manzanillo
2. Oye Una Cancion Para Ti
3. Tu Me Sabes Comprender
4. Devuelveme El Coco
5. No Quiero Matarte
6. Con Silvana Mangano
7. Semilla De Maranon
8. Que Pena Me Da
9. Dulce Desengano
10. Tu Veras Margot
11. Perdon
12. Obsesion
13. Tu Me Gustas
14. Guajiro De Verdad
15. Hebra De Plata
16. Santiago De Cuba
17. Que Te Hace Pensar
18. Baila Mi Son
19. Ahora Soy Tan Feliz
20. En El Tiempo De La Colonia
21. Vida Es Un Sueno
22. Solamente Una Vez

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