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Havana Midnight
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Havana Midnight
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Havana Midnight ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 2. First Time, The ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 3. Dead Man's Clothes ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 4. Miracles :: Milagros ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 5. Don Quixote ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 6. Call, The ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 7. Look Up ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 8. Havana Farewell ~ Bob Neuwirth | | | 9. Aracely's Natias ~ Bob Neuwirth | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info | | Personnel includes: Bob Neuwirth (vocals, guitar); Jose Maria Vitier (arranger, conductor, piano); Rey Guerra (guitar); Lazaro Gonzalez (violin); German Velazco (saxophone); Jorge Reyes (bass); Emilio Del Monte, Jr. (tambora, bongos, congas, tabla, guira); Eladio Terry Gonzalez, Don Pancho (shekere); Estela Guzman Vega, Odette Telleria Orduna, Michele Alderete Spigal, Laura Flanes Hernandez (background vocals). | | Critically acclaimed, if commercially obscure, folk veteran Bob Neuwirth teamed up almost by chance with Cuban pianist-composer-arranger Jose Maria Vitier for this delightful, poignant release. Showcasing Neuwirth's wise, poetic lyrics and Vitier's superbly angular, jazz-inflected piano work, the resultant multi-cultural exchange is a career first for the one-time Dylan sidekick and the virtuoso film scorer who once composed masses celebrating a papal visit to Cuba. An illustrious line-up of musicians, including guitarist Rey Guerra and percussionist Emilio Del Monte Jr., joins the talented, if culturally dissimilar duo for what is a truly touching cycle. | | HAVANA MIDNIGHT, containing both wistful impressions of Cuban life and reflections on Neuwirth's years as a wandering folkie, has an alluringly melancholic feel to it. The title track and its companion "Havana Farewell" evoke a sultry island atmosphere ("?velvet wind soft as sin against the skin") while "The Call" contrastingly recalls "all the halls we played, all the scenes we stole, all the hell we raised." Neuwirth's weather-beaten drawl is perfectly complemented by Vitier's Hispanic roots and at times, as on the optimistic "Look Up," the interplay between voice and piano is absolutely sublime. |
Producer: Bob Neuwirth; J.S. Soles |
Engineer: Jerzy Belc |
| | Compilation Appearances | | Rogue Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys | | Harry Smith Project:Anthology Of Amer(w/ Bonus DVD) |
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