Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs ( municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana , Cuba . A chinatown - Barrio Chino - is also located in this district. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density .
13-601: Enrique Raúl Planas Fernández (September 18, 1920 – February 28, 2001) was a popular Cuban singer and songwriter. He performed and recorded with many bands and musicians, including Carlos Barbería y su Orquesta Kubavana , Sonora Matancera , Celia Cruz , Conjunto Rumbavana , Conjunto Chappottín , Charanga Rubalcaba , Rubén González , and the Afro-Cuban All Stars . Raúl Planas was born in Camajuaní , Villa Clara province , Cuba on September 18, 1920. At thirteen, he joined
26-575: A Poner Pa' Tí", "Que Buenas Son", "Quiéreme Mucho Caridad", "Se Me Fue Mi Negrita", and "Sola Estás". Planas died at his home in Pueblo Nuevo , Havana on February 28, 2001. Carlos Barber%C3%ADa y su Orquesta Kubavana Carlos Barbería began his career in Havana, Cuba in the 1950s playing night clubs such as Monmatre and Tropicana. An early album titled "Carlos Barbería and his Orquesta "Kubavana" featured singer Yvette De La Fuente who performed with
39-500: A big band of veteran Cuban musicians and singers such as Ibrahim Ferrer , Pío Leyva , Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea , and Félix Baloy . It was the first album recorded during the consecutive sessions that would also deliver the albums Buena Vista Social Club and Introducing...Rubén González . Planas was one of the best Cuban son musicians of all time. Juan de Marcos González. Planas also wrote songs such as: "Baila Francisca", "Dicharachos Criollos", "Maria Del Carmen", "Me Voy
52-478: A full band including bassist Orlando "Cachaíto" López and Arturo "Alambre dulce" Harvey (ex- tresero with Conjunto Chappottín ), among others, and was released in 1999 by EGREM . In 1996, Planas joined the Afro-Cuban All Stars project directed by Juan de Marcos González , and participated in the recording of A Toda Cuba le Gusta , which was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Awards. This album again featured Rubén González and Orlando "Cachaíto" López, along with
65-590: A number of son groups in his native town, such as Benito De Amas, Cervantes en Remedios and others, and developed into a prominent singer in both son and bolero styles. During the 1940s, Planas moved to Havana, where he joined the Juanito Roger ensemble, the Ernesto Duarte orchestra, and Carlos Barbería´s Kubavana jazz-band as a singer. He toured extensively with Sonora Matancera and Celia Cruz , in both America and Europe, and made several recordings for
78-656: The Puchito , Panart and RCA Victor record labels, including with Orquesta Ritmo y Melodía, directed by Roberto Puente, in 1959. In 1966, Planas joined the Rumbavana ensemble (founded in 1955), sharing vocals with Fernando González and Guido Soto. Under the direction of Joseíto González , the Rumbavana ensemble released a series of successful recordings by the EGREM label and a number of radio broadcasting studios. During this period and into
91-753: The 1970s and 1980s Barbería led a Cuban big band, Orquesta Kubavana, in New York. Artists who performed with him included Paquito D'Rivera , Willy 'El Baby' Rodríguez (who also sang with Sonora Matancera ), and Meñique (who also sang with Charlie Palmieri ). [1] as well as a featured performance by Yvette De La Fuente. Chevere , the 1975 "Discolando" label release from Carlos Barbería y su Orquesta Kubavana, Rodolfo Manzano, Leonardo Rubino, and Miguel Menedez on trumpets, Al Cobb on trombone, Vicente Prado, Roberto Perez, Howard Johnson , and Max Lucas on saxes, Elio "Pepsi-Cola" Martinez on piano, Bobby Rodríguez on bass, Sammy Leon on congas, Julio Perez on bongos and timbales, and
104-696: The 1970s, Planas sang on many hits, such as "Te invito un momento" and "Te traigo mi son cubano". In 1982, he joined the Conjunto Tropicuba, sharing vocals at one point with Felix Baloy , and then the Conjunto Chappottín . Later on, he became a member of the Rubalcaba Orchestra. As a solo artist he released his first solo album, Señor del son , in the 1980s through Siboney . In the early 1990s, he formed part of Félix Reina 's charanga . After turning independent, he guested on recordings such as
117-573: The CD entitled Pasaporte (winner of the EGREM Great Award in 1994), with Tata Güines and Miguel "Angá" Díaz . In 1994, Planas and Radio Progreso announcer Eduardo Rosillo approached retired pianist Rubén González —with whom Planas had already recorded the album Dos Grandes five years earlier—with the idea of recording new versions of ten songs composed by fellow Cuban pianist Lilí Martínez . The resulting album, Son Inconcluso , featured
130-711: The band during the mid-1950s in Havana. " Bésame Mucho ", Consuelo Velazquez' classic bolero, sung and recorded internationally by many artists and which was later recorded by the Beatles and the 2008 recording by Luis Miguel of another old classic "La Gloria Eres Tu" by Jose Antonio Mendez, were two of the songs on the album. During the 1950s Barberia also directed a smaller ensemble or combo, which featured Regino Tellechea and also Ivette de la Fuente as singers. His jazz band in Havana also featured famous sonero/bolerista singers like Raúl Planas , Juan Antonio Jo "El Fantasmita" and sometimes Rudy Calzado and Carlos Embale. In his day Barberia
143-528: The vocalists Tito Contreras, Meñique, and Willy "El Baby" Rodríguez. [3] [4] Centro Habana Centro Habana is divided into five consejos populares (wards): Cayo Hueso , Colón , Dragones , Los Sitios and Pueblo Nuevo . The infrastructure of the city, built 450 years ago, heavily deteriorated during the 1990s after the collapse of the Cuban-Soviet trade partnership. In 1996, restoration projects were started to improve housing and infrastructure in
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#1732868786806156-546: The voices of Juan Coronel and Tito Contreras. [2] In 1980, Carlos Barbería y su Orquesta Kubavana recorded the Lp Rarezas del Siglo , later re-edited on CD format, featuring Rolando 'Ruso' Aguilo, Ike Acometa, E. Suarez 'Jaruco,' Jesús Silva, and Mario Bonafede on trumpets, Marco Katz on trombone, Vicente Prado, Mitchel Endick, and Maxwell Lucas on saxes, Elio "Pepsi Cola" Martínez on piano, Cucho Martínez on bass, Rolando Diaz on conga, Marcelino Valdés on bongos and timbales, and
169-478: Was very talented and a great host. In Havana he met the famous Ava Gardner. That same night the actress invited him out; she loved the way he conducted his orchestra, the way he would wear the "habanera", a typical Cuban shirt. Barberia with his band and combo steadily recorded for various Cuban labels. He was featured in Cuba's foremost TV and radio stations as well as featured in Havana's top night clubs and theatres. During
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