N'ihi na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ egwu niile a na-anụ na United States
a na-akwagharị site na nrọ nke ama na akụ, ụda nke mkpokọta Cuban
A maara dị ka Buena Vista Social Club na-atụ egwu ozugbo. egwu egwu,
rhythms, na egwu otu na-adọta gị na mma na-adọrọ adọrọ na
ima mma. Ndị na-agụ egwú na ndị na-egwu egwuregwu na ndị obodo na-akpụ akpụ
site na atụmatụ nke PR na ahịa, 'nwa de Cuba' a dị ụkọ
ihe - egwu kwụ ọtọ site na obi.
Ọtụtụ ndị na-egwu egwu na-eme egwu a na-atọ ụtọ
bụ, ruo afọ ole na ole gara aga, dị nso echefu. Mgbe ahụ na 1996, American guitarist
na mgbọrọgwụ ụwa egwu aficionado Ry Cooder bịara Cuba na-achọ ịdekọ a
nnọkọ na-esonyere ndị egwu Cuban na ndị West Africa. Mgbe ndị Africa dara
ihe ngosi, Cooder merụrụ ahụ na-akpọkọta ihe nkedo Cuba niile ka ha dekọọ boleros, guijiras
(akwa akwa ime obodo), na cha-cha-chas ewu ewu na Cuba tupu mgbanwe mgbanwe. Nke
album sitere, Buena Vista Social Club (Nonesuch/World Circuit), ghọrọ a
ihe ịga nke ọma n'okwu ọnụ na-ere ihe karịrị otu nde n'ụwa niile
ma nweta 1997 Grammy Award. Na mberede otu ndị agadi egwu egwu.
sitere na afọ 60 ruo 90 gbakwunyere, bụrụkwa ebe etiti ọzọ. Na ekele,
A na-echekwa "nlaghachi azụ" ha nke ọma na Cooder (onye mmepụta) na
Onye isi German Wim Wenders na-akpali ihe nkiri akwụkwọ akụkọ Buena Vista Social Club.
Na-ejide oge mmeghari na Havana na ihe nkiri
na Amsterdam na New York's Carnegie Hall, ihe nkiri a na-enye obi ụtọ
ihe ngosi nke egwu na-atọ ụtọ na ịhụnanya nke kpalitere ihe ịtụnanya
ọhụrụ ndị na-ege ntị maka Cuba music. N'ime ndị na-eme ihe nkiri bụ "kpakpando" dị otú ahụ
Dị ka Nat (King) Cole nke Cuba dị afọ 72, Ibrahim Ferrer, nnukwu onye dị afọ 92
nwa Cuban, onye na-agụ guitar / onye na-agụ egwú Compay Segundo, onye pianist dị afọ 80
Ruben Gonzalez, na ike 69 afọ bolero na mmetụta na-agụ egwú Omara
Portuondo.
Ma Buena Vista Social Club bụ ihe karịrị a
ihe nkiri egwu. Na-agwakọta ihe nkiri arụmọrụ yana ajụjụ ọnụ ndị egwu na nkenke
interludes nke Havana n'okporo ámá ndụ, director Wenders na-atụ aro na ihe dị mkpa
njikọ n'etiti egwu na ndị Cuban. Na-eme njem ochie nke onye egwu
agbata obi na ịma mma na-emebi emebi n'akụkụ nnukwu obodo, Buena
Vista na-akpalite ogologo oge gara aga nke Havana ochie, ihe nhụsianya nke ndị
Mgbochi US, na nkwa nke socialism. Ma dị ka egwu na
si n'okporo ámá ndị a na-ebuga mwute na ihe isi ike, ọ dịghị enye ya
vibrancy, mmesapụ aka na mpako.
Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị ihe nkiri ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị doro anya, abụọ
na-ekwu okwu Buena Vista onye ndu onye na-abụ abụ Ibrahim Ferrer kwughachiri nke a
mmụọ. Dị ka ọtụtụ n'ime ndị na-egwu egwu na akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ, Ferrer nwere
ohere ịhapụ Cuba wee kpebie ịnọ. Ọ na-ebi n'obere ọsọ ala
Ụlọ Havana na tupu akpọọ ya n'okporo ámá ka ọ sonyere Buena
Vista band nọ na-egbuke egbuke akpụkpọ ụkwụ. Na-ekweta na N'ajụjụ ọnụ na ndụ na Cuba
Ọ dịghị mfe, Ferrer ka na-ekwusi ike n'oge ahụ tupu Castro "bụ
ike." Na n'ebe ọzọ ọ na-agbakwụnye, sị: "Ọ bụrụ na anyị na-agbaso ụzọ nke
ihe onwunwe, anyị gaara agawo ogologo oge gara aga."
Na-ekpochapụ ya site na ikpo ọkụ dị mfe na nke a na-apụghị imeri emeri
uche nke ndị na-egwu egwu na egwu, nkwupụta Ferrer nwere ike ịgafe na-ahụghị ya. Ma
N'ịdị umeala n'obi ya, onye na-agụ egwú na-atụ aka na mmasị dị egwu nke egwu ahụ.
Enwere ọtụtụ egwu egwu dị egwu na ngosi na Buena Vista, mana ka
lee egwu emere ka agwa ya dị ọcha, na ahịa na-atọ ụtọ. Ọtụtụ n'ime
oge, anyị anaghị eme ya otú ahụ na USA.
Ihe ọzọ anyị anaghị anụ ọtụtụ ihe ọzọ, ma e wezụga na
Obere ogige nke ndị atụgharịrịgoro, bụ ndị nọ n'elu na aka ekpe
egwu. Mana ịkpali mkpọtụ na New York City bụ Richmond dị afọ 30,
Onye na-ede abụ Virginia aha ya bụ Stephan Smith onye yiri ka ọ na-atụghachi azụ n'oge ochie
nkọwa ụlọ akwụkwọ.
Na-eme na ngosi, klọb, ụlọ akwụkwọ, na
ụka, Smith ewulitela na-eto eto na-eso akụkọ akụkọ
ụbọchị na a doro mgbochi capitalist slant na ezi omume ịma aka
wuo uwa ozo. Site na mwepụta June nke album izizi ya, Now's The
Oge (Rounder Records), ọ na-agbapụ na ndị na-ege ntị mba.
Emepụtara site na nnọkọ ndekọ ụbọchị anọ nke ahụ
edekọtara egwu 60, Ugbu a Oge na-ewebata ọnụọgụ 14 Smith ahọpụtara
na-egosipụta obosara nke isiokwu ya na ụdị ya. Naanị olu ya,
guitar, banjo na harmonica, Smith na-edekọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke obi ọjọọ
nke Abner Louima na ogbugbu a gbara n'ogige ụlọ akwụkwọ dị egwu na West Paducah, Kentucky
megide egwu nwere olile anya na akụkọ ndụ nke eboro ebubo na echiche ọha mmadụ na a
oku na-eme ihe ike.
Na-eburu ngwá ọrụ nke ahia ya site na mbata
na-arụ ọrụ na Europe na ọrụ ugbo n'ugwu West Virginia, Smith mụtara
ihe ndị dị mkpa nke egwu ọdịnala ogologo oge tupu ọ nụ Woody Guthrie, Pete
Seeger, Dylan na Ochs. Ya na egwu egwu ballad ya, clawhammer banjo
igwu egwu, na ịpị mkpịsị aka mmiri, ọ na-enye nnukwu ihe akaebe nke ịdị mma
ịgụ akwụkwọ. Mana n'ikpeazụ, ike na ngwa ngwa nke Oge Ugbu a bi na ya
ozi. Site na "Ọ Rose From The Dead," ụda nke na-emeghị
The album bee, Smith na-enwe mgbe niile ọchịchọ: "Ọ bụrụ na onye ọ bụla kwesịrị ịjụ gị
'Olee otú mmegharị a si malite?'/ Gwa ya. O bidoro n'obi m/ Na
o biliri, o bilitere, o si na ndi nwuru anwu bilie/…okwukwe m ga-ebukwa mụọ m
na."