This evening, Friday, BBC4 will be showing the Wim Wenders film "Buena Vista Social Club".
Ry Cooder was responsible for bringing all of those venerable Cuban musicians together and getting them into Carnegie Hall and he performs alongside them in the concerts.
Cooder also wrote and played the music for another Wenders film, "Paris, Texas" and most people will be familiar with the haunting sound of that soundtrack and his other music is well worth exploring.
After nearly sixty years of performing with a wide variety of musicians he is about to release another album next month and from what I have heard of it he still has that spark of creative energy!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder
Well done that man - Ry Cooder is one I post from time to time.
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