Omara Portuondo Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo

Since 1996, she has been part of the Buena Vista Social Club project, touring extensively and recording several albums with the ensemble. She won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Tropical Album in 2009 and a Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, and she received three Grammy Award nominations.

Remastered from the original analogue masters, ‘Buena Vista Social Club presents … Omara Portuondo’ is a collection of eleven
beautiful Cuban songs from one of Cuba’s most celebrated singers. Variously tagged the Edith Piaf or Billie Holiday of Cuba, Omara had a fruitful musical career in her home country, but came to worldwide notice as the only female singer on the Buena Vista Social Club album and film.

‘Buena Vista Social Club Presents … Omara Portuondo’ takes as its theme unrequited love. Her sonorous and expressive voice is set against a large sound-scape provided by the brilliant Cuban arranger Demetrio Muñiz, (director of Havana’s famous Tropicana cabaret).

Omara is backed by a dream band formed of many of the original Buena Vista Social Club members including Ibrahim Ferrer (vocals), Rubén González (piano), Compay Segundo (guitar) and Orlando ‘Cachaito’ Lopez (bass).

“The kind of record that forces you to stop worrying and enjoy life to the fullest.. an exquisite trip to the heart of Afro-Cuba.” – Rolling Stone

“This album adds yet another magical chapter to the Buena Vista legend.” - Uncut