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Ibrahim Ferrer

Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927 in Santiago de Cuba and started out singing on the streets. For decades, he worked in relative obscurity, his style of boleros...

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Ibrahim Ferrer, the late-blooming voice of Cuba

A street singer who found global fame in his seventies with the Buena Vista Social Club.

Listen to 'Dos Gardenias' for that quintessential, tender bolero delivery. 'Perfidia' shows how he could inhabit a classic with worn-in grace.

For decades, Ferrer's boleros and sones were out of step with Cuba's mambo and cha-cha-cha era. Then the Buena Vista Social Club album changed everything, and his voice, heard on songs like 'Perfidia', suddenly reached a worldwide audience. He became the gentle, weathered counterpoint to the project's more fiery personalities.

He started singing on the streets of Santiago de Cuba in the 1920s. After years of relative obscurity, the late-1990s Buena Vista sessions brought him international recognition, leading to solo albums like 'Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer' and 'Sobre Mi Guitarra'.

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Ibrahim Ferrer was born in 1927 in Santiago de Cuba and started out singing on the streets. For decades, he worked in relative obscurity, his style of boleros and sones somewhat out of step with the mambo and cha-cha-cha that dominated Cuban music in the 1950s.

His fortunes changed in the late 1990s when he was invited to join the Buena Vista Social Club project. The album became a global phenomenon, and suddenly Ferrer's voice was heard worldwide. He went on to record solo albums like 'Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer' and 'Sobre Mi Guitarra,' which featured songs such as 'Perfidia' and 'Dos Gardenias.'

Ferrer worked with musicians like guitarist Manuel Galbán and bassist Orlando 'Cachaito' López. He died in 2005, having recorded his final album 'Mi Habana' that same year.

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