Cuadernos de la Habana (Notebooks of Havana) (1999)

About this title: This five-CD project is something else (typical of the Winter & Winter label). The reclusive Italian poet and painter Mario Luis Malfatti has assembled a very personal soundtrack for an aural film, a soundtrack for the mind. These five-plus hours of music and fetishistic package recorded by Malfatti on a DAT recorder are very much field recordings adorned lovingly with his drawings and paintings in the accompanying booklets. Musicians of all types were caught live, without advance notice, in cafes, on street corners, in ballrooms, and in clubs, performing for audiences of everyday people. All ... read more

Tracks:

1. Midnight Theme [Flynn]
2. From Far Away: Chan Chan
3. Siboney [Lecuona]
4. El Bodeguero [Egues]
5. Nosotros [Junco]
6. Baile del Suavito [Izquierdo]
7. Dos Gardenias [Carrillo]
8. La Bella Cubana [White]
9. From Far Away: Te Quiero
10. Chachacha Cachibache [Carbonell]
11. Son de la Loma [Matamoros]
12. De Reojo [Carbonell]
13. Una Flor Años Después [Estrada]
14. Aquella Boco...! [Delfin/Delfín]
15. Moliendo Café [Perroni]
16. Romance Guajiro [Romero]
17. Caimám No Come Caimán [Anonymous]
18. Ojos Malignos [Cambié]
19. Ay Sabroso (Me Dirás Qué Sabroso) [Repilado]
20. Mi Veneración [Matamoros]
21. Abó Loritza [Anonymous]
22. Tambores Batá [Beger]
23. Maileo [Anonymous]
24. El Transformador [Garzón]
25. El Bombin de Barreto [Urfe/Urfé]
26. Arcoiris [Alén/Lopez]
27. La Cantor [Rios]
28. De Colores Se Visten los Campos [Braun/Alcalá-Galian]
29. Cheche Colé [Lavoe]
30. Chan Chan [Segundo/Repilado]
31. La Gloria Eres Tú [Mendez/Mendez]
32. La Bomba [Matamoros]
33. Qué Manera de Quererte [Rios/Ríos]
34. Yolanda [Milanes]
35. Beso Discreto [Matamoros]
36. Son de la Loma [Matamoros]
37. Corazón en Cristal [Pessino]
38. A Mi Manera [Guerra]
39. Tercera Canción [Guevara/Guillen/Gui]
40. Juramento [Matamoros]
41. Tu Beso [Enigma/Dúo Enigma]
42. Ella y Yo [Hernandez]
43. Flor de Amor [Enigma/Dúo Enigma]
44. Contradanzas: La Caridad/La Suavecita/Recuerdos ... [Saumell]
45. Me Estoy Enamorando [Silva]
46. Te Quemaste [Silva]
47. Algo Te Queda [Silva]
48. El Amor Es Una Flor [Silva]
49. Sabor a Mi [Carrillo]
50. Sin Poderla Olvidar [Silva]
51. Tengo Mi Razon Para Quererte [Silva/Lara]
52. Noche de Ronda [Lara]
53. Solamente Una Vez [Lara]
54. Pinesa en Mí [Lara]
55. La Engañadora [Jorrín]
56. Eres la Chica Ideal [Barnón]
57. Echoes in the Streets
58. Marcha Fox [Lecuona]
59. Si Me Pudieras Querer [Fernández]
60. La Gloria Eres Tú [Mendez/Mendez]
61. Bilongo [La Negra Tomasa] [Fife/Fife]
62. Dulce Embeleso [Matamoros]
63. Pedacito de Cielo [Dominguez]
64. Noche Cubana [Portillo/De La Luz]
65. Reclamo Místico [Matamoros]
66. Loud and Vociferous
67. En Guantánamo [Pena/Peña]
68. El Camisón de Pepa [Repilado]
69. Ahora Me da Pena [Repilado Francisco]
70. Estoy Hecho Tierra [Saquito]
71. Chan Chan [Repilado]
72. Ciclo de la Rumba [Anonymous]
73. Yoruba [Anonymous]
74. Carnaval [Anonymous]
75. Somebody Loves Me [DeSylva/Gershwin/Ma]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.