View basket “The Fureys Finest” has been added to your basket. Cuba 50s Alejandro Almenares:Casa de Trova SKU: PPANTUMI228 Barcode: PPANTUMI228 24.00 £24.00 Genre: World / Fusion Label: Pure Pleasure/Tumi Released Date: 30th September 2014 Buying Format: 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London La Casa de Trova. The house of the troubadours. It’s a place of almost mythical status in Cuban music, the home of so many of the glorious songs that have come out of the island. Even Paul McCartney has made his pilgrimage there. For Alejandro Almenares, it’s a place he visits every single day, still carrying his guitar as he goes to play and talk with friends. And it’s the inspiration behind his album Casa De Trova(Tumi Records: release: February 25, 2014). For Almenares, the connection to the house is deep. His musician father, Angel Sanchez Almenares, was one of the founders of the Casa. “I was there when it all began, too,” he recalls. “I grew up listening to them playing there, the trovas and soneros. I’m 76 now. I’m the last of the founders still alive.” It’s a house filled with memories of all the tunes that have filled the air over the years – and still do. As a child, Almenares took them all in as naturally as breathing. When he was 10 years old he began attending music school staying until he was 14, “when I had to quit in order to work and help my parents.” Two years later he was a professional musician, playing the music his father had written and performed in groups like Los Taínos, Trio Oriente and Las Guitarras Internacionales. A lifetime of music, and, he adds with a smile, “so many bands that the number and names escape me now.” Composer, vocalist and tres guitarist, Alejandro Almenares delivers the real thing from Cuba here on this set. This double vinyl set contains the same songs (although in different order); the difference is that the first features his rich and full voice, while the second features his material as (mostly) instrumentals. Flutes, percussion, violin, soprano sax, guitars and intermittent vocal choruses accompany Almenares on the gentle and fragrant instrumental takes of “No Critiques Al Nene” and “La Nina Que Yo Ame”, while vocalists Tony Rodon, Eva Grinan, Jose Cabrera and Ismael Borges deliver tales of passion on “Mujercita “Linda”, A Tu Retrato”, “Te Vi Y Te Contemple” and “De Lo Que Quiero Saber” respectively. The simplicity of the old world charms are on abundant display here. No gimmicks, no frills, just earnest notes and, like the best of cooks, letting the simple ingredients do all the work in creating the flavor that makes your mouth water. Essential listening! By: George W. Harris Artist Alejandro Almenares:Casa de Trova Genre World / Fusion Label Pure Pleasure/Tumi Buying Options 180g 2LP Gatefold Sleeve Format 180g , 2LP , Gatefold Sleeve Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Side A - vocals 1. No critiques al nene 2. La finca de Vila 3. Mujercita linda 4. Te vi y te contemple 5. El son de Vicentico 6. A tu retrato Side B - vocals 1. La chica de mi rosal 2. Esa guitarra que suena 3. Lechero 4. La niña que yo ame 5. De lo que quiero saber 6. Pepillito 7. Con amor te pagare Side C - instrumentals 1. No critiques al nene 2. El son de Vicentico 3. Pepillito 4. Te vi y te contemple 5. Con amor te pagare 6. Lechero 7. A tu retrato Side D - instrumentals 8. Mujercita linda 9. La chica de mi rosal 10. La niña que yo ame 11. De lo que quiero saber 12. Esa guitarra que suena 13. El mismo paso 14. 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