Live full concert filmed of the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the North Sea Jazz Festival, captured on Sunday 10 July 2005 at the Statenhal of the Congress Centre in The Hague. Led by Juan de Marcos González, the Cuban ensemble brings together several generations of musicians and blends every style of Cuban music: bolero, cha-cha-chá, salsa, son montuno, timba, guajira, danzón, rumba. The band is world-renowned for the album A Toda Cuba le Gusta (1997), recorded during the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, which featured Rubén González, Ibrahim Ferrer and Orlando “Cachaíto” López. This capture, from the festival’s official archive, conveys the richness of a great Cuban orchestra on stage, between flamboyant brass, choruses and Afro-Cuban percussion. A reference filmed live concert for fans of Latin music, Cuban son and festival captures, documenting a living tradition at the height of its art.
Personnel & credits
- Juan de Marcos González — conductor, guitar, tres
- Tirso Duarte — vocals
- David Suárez — clarinet, saxophone
- Luis Lang Morejón — violin, backing vocals, percussion
- David Alfaro García — keyboards, piano
- Marcos Godoy Torres — bass
- Antonio Portuondo — drums, timbales
- Rolando Salgado — bongos
- Adel González — congas
