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Pio Leiva's Final Tour: Musica Cubana Live In Tokyo - DVD
DVD
(Icon / VSC 1592),
Released 2006;
Editor's Pick:
Once I popped this DVD into the player, it didn't take long for me to realize the value of what I was witnessing. The multi-camera photography, direction and sound quality told me that there was a real intelligence behind this production. Then I noticed that this project was produced by Wim Wenders (as a follow-up to his acclaimed documentary Buena Vista Social Club) and Claus Clausen of Germany. There's a huge film crew and a top notch post-production team. Directors, consultants, legal counsel an more. The sound was handled by Termidor, a first-class concern. This was no fly-by night operation.
Onto the stage of a jam-packed enthusiastic crowd in a Tokyo club, walks some of Cuba's musical royalty: Mayito Rivera, "El Nene" Pedro Lugo, Samuel Formell, Tirso Duarte, Luis Frank Arias, Julio Padrón, Felicio Arango, Juan "Coto" Antomachin Padilla, the man of the hour — the legendary Pio Leiva, as well as the new generation of leading edge Cuban musicians: Roberto Carcassés, Osdalgia, rising star Telmary, Elmer Ferrer and many others (see the credits below). Live in Tokyo turned out to be an absolute gem of a concert — a top notch celebration of sizzling música Cubana. The significance of the event — held in the unlikely arena of a nightclub filled with adoring Japanese Cubanophiles — lies in the unwavering strength and artistry of the performances that, without pause, integrate the traditional and the cutting edge - the old and new, with a conviction that would convert even the most jaded of listeners to frontline soldiers of Cuban music. The show's additional significance becomes clear for also what it is not: this ain't a bunch of old-time Cuban veteran performers recanting their former glory. Yes, there's "Chan Chan", but it's a "Chan Chan" like you've never heard it before. The tune, like the entire experience here, is transformative. You're left both elated and exhausted, and it becomes clear that Cuban music is a living, changing thing. In this show, the young stars, like the hauntingly beautiful and intense rapper Telmary, are given the space they deserve. While Buena Vista Social Club was about Cuba's musical past, Live in Tokyo is clearly about it's future. And Leiva seemed perfectly fine, no ...pleased, with what was going on. As it turns out, it was Leiva's final tour. But, man, what a send off.
Very Highly Recommended. (BP, 2007-04-18)
Song titles include:
Chan Chan
Yo Vine Pa' Ver
Seis Semanas
Cuando Ya No Me Quieras
La Luna
Volveria A Renacer
Digan Lo Que Digan
Chiki Chaka
Habana Cuba
Pio Mentirosa
Negrito Bailador
Cubanos Por El Mundo
Somos Cubanos
Musicians include:
Pio Leiva Vocals
Temary Diaz Rap and vocals
Roberto Carcassés Keyboards & arrangements
Julio Padrón 1st trumpet & arrangements
Juan Carlos Marin Trombone
David Suarez Tenor saxphone
Elmer Ferrer Electric guitar
Osdalgia Lesmes Vocals & arrangements
Felicio Arango Bass
Mario Rivera "Mayito" Vocals & arrangements
Samuel Formell Drums & arrangements
"El Nene" Pedro Lugo Martinez Vocals
Luis Frank Arias Vocals
Tirso Duarte Vocals
Rene Suarez Paila
Juan "Coto" Antomarchi Padilla Tres
Roberto Vizacino Congas
Alexander Manresa Trumpet
Guests Stars: Chiki Chaka Girls
Cesár "Pupy" Pedroso Musical consultant ...and others!
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