One of Cuban music's great ambassadors. A simply beautiful man. He will be missed.
http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters12-08-145532.asp?reg=AMERICASCuban pianist Ruben Gonzalez, who gained fame playing for the Buena Vista Social Club, died on Monday in his Havana home, his wife Eneida Lima said.
Gonzalez gained international attention in his twilight years as part of the Buena Vista project organized by U.S. guitarist Ry Cooder.
'He is the best pianist I have ever heard,'' Cooder said of Gonzalez in 1996, after recording the Buena Vista Social Club album.
The project revived the long-forgotten Cuban style of music known as ''Son'' and brought fame to some of the island's oldest musicians.
Long live Son