Manuel Galbán, Guitarist With Cuban Bands, Dies at 80

[Judi Lynn]

Manuel Galbán, Guitarist With Cuban Bands, Dies at 80

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Cuban guitar player and song-writer Manuel Galban in January 2010 during a presentation at the Art National School
in Havana, Cuba.

By PETER KEEPNEWS
Published: July 8, 2011

Manuel Galbán, a Cuban guitarist best known for his work with the all-star ensemble Buena Vista Social Club and its various offshoots, died on Thursday in Havana. He was 80.

The cause was cardiac arrest, said World Circuit Records, the British label for which he most recently recorded.

Mr. Galbán was not on the 1997 album “Buena Vista Social Club,” produced by the American guitarist Ry Cooder, which created an international sensation by showcasing a number of veteran musicians who were virtually unknown outside Cuba. But he quickly became part of the extended Buena Vista Social Club family after Mr. Cooder tracked him down in 1999 to play on an album by Ibrahim Ferrer, one of the Buena Vista singers.

He went on to collaborate with Mr. Cooder on the album “Mambo Sinuendo,” which won a Grammy as best pop instrumental album in 2004, and to record with the bassist Orlando Cachaito López and other Buena Vista musicians.

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Manuel Galban & Ry Cooder
Echale Salsita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7A0a3vKnRQ