Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo (Official Trailer)
Narrated by Gianluca Tramontana
“Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo” is a Deluxe three-disc box set featuring brand-new field recordings from the most compelling Changüí players in the Guantánamo region of Cuba.
FEATURING:
- Introduction by Arturo O’Farrill (Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra)
- Liner notes by box set producer Gianluca Tramontana, with additional essays by Changüí historians - José Cuenca Sosa, Gabriel Rojas Perez & Benjamin Lapidus, Ph.D.
- 50 track listing with full lyrics and their translations
- Deluxe silkscreened box and full-color book with over 100 original photographs
Between 2017 and 2019 music journalist Gianluca Tramontana traveled to the Guantánamo region of Cuba and immersed himself in a 150-plus-year-old culture of rural, riff-based, foot- stomping, largely improvised music. Through his journey into changüí music he recorded these musicians in their homes, backyards, and porches. The results are three and a half hours of music played for the sole purpose of making you dance ’til you drop.
Dance to the Heartbeat of Cuba
Experience the vibrant soul of changüí music with "Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo". This deluxe 3-disc box set brings you into the heart of Cuba's Guantánamo region, featuring 50 electrifying tracks recorded on porches and in backyards, where music lives and breathes.