In 1998 he returned to Havana with his son, percussionist Joachim, to record a solo LP with Ferrer the sessions were captured on film by director Wim Wenders, who also documented sell-out Buena Vista Social Club live performances in Amsterdam and New York City. Recruiting the long-forgotten likes of singer Ibrahim Ferrer, guitarists/singers Compay Segundo and Eliades Ochoa, and pianist Rubn Gonzlez, Cooder entered Havanas Egrem Studios to record the album Buena Vista Social Club the project was an unexpected commercial and critical smash, earning a Grammy and becoming the best-selling release of Cooders long career. Serialul Destine Implinite Ultimul Episod there. Type 99 Arisaka Serial Numbers on this page.
Less a band than an assemblage of some of Cubas most renowned musical forces, Buena Vista Social Clubs origins lie with noted American guitarist Ry Cooder, who in 1996 traveled to Havana to seek out a number of legendary local musicians whose performing careers had largely ended decades earlier with the rise of Fidel Castro.
