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Redención (danzón)
"Redención Sport Club", or simply "Redención", is a danzón composed by Cuban multi-instrumentalist Orestes López in the 1940s. It is one of his many compositions dedicated to a Cuban venue where he frequently played as part of the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas, alongside his brother Israel López "Cachao". The latter recorded the song multiple times during his career and included it in his albums '' Jam Session with Feeling'' (1958) and ''Cuba linda'' (2000). These and other recordings and performances have made of the tune a standard of danzón repertoire. An experimental version of the song was used as the opener on the only album by Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Orestes's son. The composition is named after the Redención Sport Club, a venue and association in the Pogolotti neighbourhood of Havana (named after Dino Pogolotti, the area was originally meant to be called Redención). See also *Pueblo Nuevo (danzón) "Juventud del Pueblo Nuevo", or simply "Pueblo Nuevo", i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danzón
Danzón is the official musical genre and dance of Cuba.Urfé, Odilio 1965. ''El danzón''. La Habana. It is also an active musical form in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Written in time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork around syncopated beats, and incorporating elegant pauses while the couples stand listening to virtuoso instrumental passages, as characteristically played by a charanga or típica ensemble. The danzón evolved from the Cuban contradanza, or habanera ('Havana-dance'). The contradanza, which had English and French roots in the country dance and contredanse, was probably introduced to Cuba by the Spanish, who ruled the island for almost four centuries (1511–1898), contributing many thousands of immigrants. It may also have been partially seeded during the short-lived British occupation of Havana in 1762, and Haitian refugees fleeing the island's revolution of 1791–1804 brought the French-Haitian kontradans, contributing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
