Biografy
Of all the larger than life personalities that make up the Buena Vista Social Club, Ibrahim Ferrer seemed the least likely to emerge as an international superstar. Mild-mannered and gentle-voiced, Ferrer has sung with many legendary bands in Cuba but had never become a star in his own right. On trips outside of Cuba in 1997 with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and as the featured vocalist with Rubén González, Ferrer, with his wiry frame and ever-present Kangol cap, seemed essentially a collaborative talent - a foil for the many other colourful characters in these groups.
Yet within three years if these first international appearances, Ferrer was packing out the world’s great venues - the Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, the Orchard Hall in Tokyo and receiving rapturous ovations from audiences for whom he had become the embodiment, the heart and soul, of the multimillion selling Buena Vista phenomenon.
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Discography
Mi Sueño (2007)
Buenos Hermanos (2003)
Buena Vista Social Club® Presents...Ibrahim Ferrer (Edición Japón) (1999)
Buena Vista Social Club® Presents...Ibrahim Ferrer (1999)
