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Caña
Son practitioners of traditional Cuban
son music.
"deep Cuban music"...the
Oregonian
Caña Son is
a Cuban son band that plays traditional son music. The group
focuses on popular Cuban son from the turn of the last century
through the nineteen fifties. Following son music's
history out of the Eastern Provinces of Cuba to the Capital
of Havana and beyond. Son is the forefather of contemporary
salsa music and is said to be the most important genre of
Cuban music. Caña Son covers material from favorite
son giants such as Trio Matamoros, Guillermo Portabales,
Celina y Reutilio (Celina Gonzalez), Ramón Veloz,
Joseíto Fernández, Ignacio Piñeiro
(Septeto Nacional), Compay Segundo (Los Compadres), Eliades
Ochoa (Cuarteto Patria), Ñico Saquito, Arsenio Rodriguez,
Felíx Chapottín, Beny Moré, La Sonora
Matancera, Celia Cruz, Cachao, and many others. Contemporary
son revivalist such as Juan de Marcos González (Sierra
Maestra, Buena Vista Social Club and Afro Cuban All-stars)
Albita Rodríguez, Polo Montañez, Jesus Alemany's
Cubanísmo, etc., are all excellent examples of what
this band strives for. The group follows the classic conjunto
de son line up of acoustic guitar, tres guitar, upright
bass, trumpet and Cuban percussion.
Caña Son is rapidly gaining
a loyal and dedicated fan base. Highlight Caña Son
performances jam sessions with
Jesus Alemany's Cubanísmo band and the Poncho
Sanchez Ensemble, 2006 Rose Festival, Oregon Bite, Bite of Salem, and the Tom McCall Waterfront Park 2006 Cinco de Mayo Festival. Committed to the son genre the band has
an impressive and rapidly increasing repertoire of popular
Cuban classics and has recently released it debut full-length CD "Música Tradicional Cubana".
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