ABOUT

Named Runner-up Album of the Year in the 2019 UK Latin Awards and recorded at EGREM studios in Havana (where the legendary Buena Vista Social Club recorded their albums), HAVANA CLASSIC is Classico Latino's life-affirming encounter with one of the planet’s most remarkable musical cultures, sampling Afro-Hispanic changüi, romantic compositions by ‘Cuban Gershwin’ Ernesto Lecuona, and the all-conquering carnival of legendary salsa queen Celia Cruz, in the company of star Cuban musicians including soloists Omar Puente and Alina Torres. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Quimbara
2. Maria la O
3. Tropical Dream
4. La Comparsa
5. Siboney
6. Danza Lucumi
7. Campanitas de Cristal
8. La Rumba esta Buena
9. Se Quema la Chumbamba
10. Amorosa Guijara
11. Bonito y Sabroso
12. La Sitiera
13. Amor Verdadero

CREDITS

CLASSICO LATINO: Ivan Guevara (Piano), Graham Walker (Cello), Barbara Dziewiecka (Violin), Andria Antoniou (Vocals) WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: Omar Puente (Violin), Rey Crespo (Bass), Alina Torres (Vocals), Alberto Muguercia Ramos, Edgar Martinez Ochoa de Zabalegi (Percussion), Juan de la Cruz Artimachi "Coto" (Tres, Marimbula & Guiro). 

Recorded at EGREM Studios, Havana, 26-27 July 2018. Produced by Joaquin Betancourt Jackman. Sound engineering by Osvaldo Padron Gonzales for EGREM. Sound editing by Will Brown & Jay Pocknell for Will Brown Productions. Sound mixing & mastering by Toño Castillo for TC Records & Carlos Arturo Silva for C1 Mastering. Logistics by Rey Crespo & Daniel Perez. Cover artwork by Jonathan Pike, used with permission. Album photographs by Ivan Guevara and Fernando Navas, used with permission. Album & booklet artwork and design by Diego Echeverry. Classico Latino logo by Johnathan Elliott for Studio 61 Design. All arrangements by Graham Walker except 'Siboney' arranged by Rey Crespo.