Saturday 20 September 2008

HOT TIP: Havana D'Primera

It's hardly news but I wanted to enthuse about Alexander Abreu's new orquesta "Havana D'Primera".

You can't imagine the joys of a matinee at Casa de La Musica, Havana with the silky vocals of Alexander wrapping you up and carrying you through his beautiful creations. And this was how I first heard them live and fell in love. This love is bittersweet as there are currently no recordings to whet your appetites with but.....here's a few vids to make do in the meantime.

The first gives you a litttle hint as to what he's most famous for


Here's one of my faves(thanks to muchoswing.com and Cubavision)

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