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From: North America > Cuba
And: Middle East > Lebanon

Genres: Afro-Cuban, Salsa, Son, World Fusion

Hanine y son Cubano

Seated in the back of a squalid Cafe Cantante in old Havana, where the only non-Cubans beside myself were the wandering ghosts of Garcia Lorca and Hemingway, I caught myself humming, along with the sexagenarian singer on stage, the famous tune of the divine Asmahane "ya habibi ta'ala". After looking it up, I learned that the song is titled in Spanish "el huerfanito" (the orphan). Its topic is, as in the Arabic version, the loneliness, the absence of Dad, Mom and Uncle ... Yes, songs have their impenetrable mysteries, and composers go fishing quite far, sometimes casting their nets across the oceans. The purpose of my introduction is not to start a polemic regarding which version came first (I know but will not tell) but to explain how I came to be obsessed by the against-natured fusion of Arabic and Cuban music. Arabo-Cuban music was born.

It took me two years to find the Cuban musicians and the Arabic singer who would bring to fruition this unique musical experiment, and one year to rehearse, record, mix and organize the tour. Having lived in La Havana, the choice of musicians was relatively " facilito. " I proceeded to a "ven tu" (join-us in musical jargon) choosing the best of the "m?s cubanos".

The choice of the Arabic singer, on the other hand, was a real crux. I organized auditions during which more than 100 girls tried out. Ungraceful ones who sang well, pretty ones who sang flat and gorgeous ones who could not sing. I saw brunettes, blondes (all fake) and even a red-head. I heard all kinds of sounds till the day when a friend introduced Hanine (her real name). She was in her last year at the Conservatory, studying singing and Oud; she had a voice of honey and a degree in law; she was smart, beautiful... in brief, a music producer's ultimate fantasy. The project had at last all the ingredients for success.

--Producer Michel Eleft鲩ad�?
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Hanine y son Cubano

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	Title	Length	Sample
	Baladi (Salsa Salsita)	3:59
	Zourouni (Vista Me)	4:08
	Lama aa Tarik el ein (La Fuente)	3:53
	Chaghalouni (Ojos del Alma)	4:47
	Zeh'ani (Soledad)	3:54
	Bhebak w menak khafi (No Llores)	5:50
	Imlali (Llena me la Copa)	5:47
	Arabo-Cuban Improvisation	8:13
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Arabo Cuban

It was well past midnight, but the narrow cobbled streets of the city's old Pelourinho section of Salvador da Bahia were still alive with music. In one small courtyard, people danced to a mixture of salsa, rumba and Latin rhythms combined with Arabic musical melodies sung by Lebanese singer Hanine y son Cubano. This was Bahia's Mercado Cultural, or Latin American Cultural Market, a six-day event that brings together performers, agents and producers of music, dance and theater. This was my first encounter with one of the most successful fusion acts we've ever encountered. I know that Arabic melodies combined with Cuban son sounds like a mind-bender, but check it out for yourself... Hanine's first recording, 'Arabo Cuban' became the top-selling Lebanese album for an entire year.

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	Title	Length	Sample
	La Llave	4:03
	Afro	4:15
	Cuando	2:49
	El Mambo de los Recuerdos	4:39
	El Huerfanito	3:49
	La Flor	3:44
	El Gallo	3:38
	El Dia Feliz	3:38
	Pot Pourri	5:20
	Descarga	7:14
	El Mambo de los Recuerdos (remix)	4:20
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Title	Rating	Review
Review of Hanine y son Cubano	5
Mick P.	4	I love Arabic singing and I love Cuban music.Put them together like this and I'm in musical heaven.Hanine has a voice of velvet - simply beautiful !
Fantastisch!	4	Bhebak w menak khafi (No Llores) makes me fall on the bed and almost get teary, each time I hear it. So beautiful!
	5