Ruben Blades - Maestra Vida (Primera Parte) FLAC

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• Arranged By – Carlos Franzetti (tracks: A1), Javier Vázquez (tracks: B1), Louie Cruz (tracks: A3, A4, A5, B2), Marty Sheller (tracks: A2)
• Artwork – Dennis Wunderlin
• Backing Vocals – José Mangual Jr., Milton Cardona, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón
• Bass – Salvador Cuevas
• Bongos – José Mangual Jr.
• Concept By, Composed By, Written By – Rubén Blades
• Congas [Tumbadora Y Quinto], Claves – Milton Cardona
• Design Concept, Art Direction – Irene Perlicz
• Engineer – Jon Fausty
• Engineer [assistant], Percussion [lightly] – Kevin Zambrana
• Engineer [substitute] – Mario Salvati
• Liner Notes – Rubén Blades
• Mixed By – Jon Fausty, Willie Colón
• Narrator, Voice [Carlitos "Lito" Quiñonez] – César Miguel Rondón
• Piano – Joe Torres
• Producer – Willie Colón
• Strings – Harold Kohon´s String Ensemble
• Timbales – Johnny Andrews
• Trombone – José Rodriguez, Leopoldo Pineda, Lewis Kahn, Reinaldo Jorge
• Trombone, Trumpet – Willie Colón
• Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Maracas, Percussion – Rubén Blades
• Voice [Manuela] – Anoland Diaz
• Voice [Quique Quiñones] – Rubén Blades
• Voice [Rafael DaSilva] – Guillermo Ledezma

Notes

US Reissue with the FANIA logo branded near the upper right corner of front cover.

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Album

Maestra Vida: Primera Parte. By 1980, Rubén Blades had been a working-class hero for nigh on ten years, singing of everyday life in classics like Pedro Navaja, but with help from Willie Colón, the two-part epic Maestra Vida ties music and narrated drama like nothing else in his catalog. One of the first and only salsa operas, Maestra Vida introduced the characters Carmelo and Manuela, a couple whose story, as the narration suggests, could be the story of innumerable descendants of the musicians who appear here. Distributed as a double album Fania F576, 577, Maestra Vida marked a milestone in the salsa genre by introducing elements of the Latin American literary narrative to music, through what Blades called Focila, her artistic project for a Folklore of Latin American city by which proposed music at the service of the. expression of urban events and contradictions, commonly avoided by the commercial Afro-Caribbean rhythms of the time. Although it is an opera salsa, as it was known since its release, it includes songs that are not sp. Album 1980 8 Songs. Maestra Vida: Primera Parte Rubén Blades. Música tropical. Blades thought that his grandfather had come to Panama to work on the Panama Canal, as he tells in the song West Indian Man on the album Amor y Control That's where the Blades comes from 1992. He explains the source and the pronunciation ˈbleɪdz of his family surname, which is of English origin, in his web show Show De Ruben Blades SDRB. In Blades's early days, he was a vocalist in Los Salvajes del Ritmo and also a songwriter and guest singer with a professional Latin music conjunto, Bush y sus Magníficos. 1980 Maestra Vida: Primera Parte CodigoFania. 1980 Maestra Vida: Segunda Parte CodigoFania. Listen free to Rubén Blades Maestra Vida - Primera Parte Prólogo, Manuela and more. 6 tracks 24:47. Concept By, Composed By, Written By Rubén Blades. Congas , Claves Milton Cardona. Design Concept, Art Direction Irene Perlicz. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. Rubén Blades. Maestra Vida: Primera Parte, 1980. Carmelo: Parte I, 01:05. Yo Soy Una Mujer, 02:23. La Fiesta, 06:56. Ruben Blades - Maestra Vida Primera Parte - CD Condition: Like New. Time left: 22d 17h 36m 45s Ships to: Worldwide. Not enough data Average Rating n n m av m n m AV where: av trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received. AV the site mean average rating. Maestra Vida Primera Parte favourites. Showing all 1 members who have added this album as a favourite. Maestro Vida Primera Parte is a afro-cuban jazz music album recording by RUBÉN BLADES released in 1980 on CD, LPVinyl andor cassette. El Viejo DaSilva B1 El Velorio B2 El Entierro B3 Maestra Vida B4 Hay Que Vivir. Backing Vocals José Mangual Jr. Milton Cardona, Rubén Blades , Willie Colón Bass Salvador Cuevas Bongos José Mangual Jr. Music video by Ruben Blades performing Vida. C 1999 Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 184