Kuba phantse wonke umculo weva eUnited States
iqhutywa ngamaphupha odumo kunye nethamsanqa, izandi zeqela laseCuba
eyaziwa ngokuba Buena Vista Social Club zikhawuleza ziyothusa. Iingoma zomculo,
izingqisho, kunye neengoma zeqela zikutsalela ngekhubalo elihendayo kunye
ubuhle obunomdla. Ukhuliswe ziimvumi nabadlali kunye noluntu olusikiweyo
ukusuka kwizicwangciso ze-PR kunye nokuthengisa, lo 'nyana waseCuba' unqabile
intoโumculo osuka entliziyweni.
Uninzi lweemvumi ezenza lo mculo uvuyisayo
yaba, kude kube yiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, iphantse yalityalwa. Emva koko ngo-1996, umdlali wegitare waseMelika
kunye neengcambu zehlabathi umculo aficionado Ry Cooder weza Cuba ujonge ukurekhoda a
iseshoni yokujoyina iimvumi zaseCuba nezaseNtshona Afrika. Xa amaAfrika esilela
bonisa, uCooder wagqiba ukubiza bonke abantu baseCuba ukuba barekhode ii boleros, guijiras
(izililo zasemaphandleni), kunye ne-cha-cha-chas ethandwayo kwiCuba yangaphambi kwenguqu. I
icwecwe eliphumela, Buena Vista Social Club (Nonesuch / World Circuit), yaba a
Impumelelo yelizwi lomlomo ngokuthengisa ngaphezulu kwesigidi seekopi kwihlabathi liphela
kunye nokufumana iMbasa yeGrammy ka-1997. Ngequbuliso iqela leemvumi ezisele zikhulile,
ukusuka kwiminyaka 60 ukuya 90 plus, kwakhona centerstage. Kwaye ngombulelo,
"ukubuya" kwabo kugcinwe ngokumangalisayo kwiCooder (umvelisi) kunye
Umalathisi waseJamani uWim Wenders evuselela ifilimu eyiBuena Vista Social Club.
Ukuthatha iiseshoni zokuziqhelanisa eHavana kunye neekonsathi
eAmsterdam kunye neCarnegie Hall yaseNew York, imuvi inika umdla
imidlalo yomculo we-melancholy kunye nowothando oye wavusa into emangalisayo
abaphulaphuli abatsha bomculo waseCuba. Phakathi kwabadlali kukho "iinkwenkwezi" ezinjalo
Uneminyaka engama-72 ubudala uNat (uKumkani) Cole waseCuba, u-Ibrahim Ferrer, isigebenga esineminyaka engama-92 ubudala.
wonyana waseCuba, isiginkci/imvumi uCompay Segundo, nomdlali wepiyano oneminyaka engama-80 ubudala.
U-Ruben Gonzalez, kunye ne-bolero eguquguqukayo eneminyaka engama-69 ubudala kunye nemvumi ezivayo u-Omara
Portuondo.
Kodwa iBuena Vista Social Club ingaphezulu kwe
imuvi yekonsathi. Ukudibanisa imiboniso bhanya-bhanya kunye nodliwano-ndlebe lweemvumi kunye nokufutshane
Ukudibana kobomi besitrato saseHavana, umlawuli uWenders ucebisa okubalulekileyo
unxibelelwano phakathi komculo kunye nabantu baseCuba. Ukukhenketha endala yemvumi
Ubumelwane kunye nokwandisa ubungangamsha obubolayo ecaleni kwebhoulevards zasezidolophini, eBuena
I-Vista ivuselela iintsuku ezidlulileyo ze-Havana yakudala, ukuvinjwa okwenziwe yi-
Ukuvalwa kwe-US, kunye nesithembiso esibi sobusoshiyali. Nangona kunjalo njengomculo
ivela kwezi zitrato idlulisela usizi kunye nobunzima, ayivelisi yayo
udlamko, isisa kunye nokuzingca.
Nangona ingeyiyo ifilimu ecacileyo yezopolitiko, zimbini
ukuxelela amagqabantshintshi kaBuena Vista imvumi ekhokelayo u-Ibrahim Ferrer echonga oku komelela
umoya. Njengoninzi lweemvumi ezikwidocumentary, uFerrer uye waba ne
ithuba lokushiya eCuba kwaye wagqiba ekubeni ahlale. Uhlala kwindawo encinci ehlayo
Indawo yokuhlala yaseHavana nangaphambi kokuba abizwe ezitratweni ukuba ajoyine iBuena
Ibhendi yeVista yayibengezela izihlangu. Ukuvuma kudliwanondlebe ukuba ubomi eCuba
Akukho lula, uFerrer usabambelele ukuba amaxesha ngaphambi kokuba uCastro "abekho
nzima ngakumbi." Kwaye kwelinye inqaku wongeza: "Ukuba silandele indlela ye
izinto zethu, ngeba sahamba kudala.
Ikhukuliswe bubushushu obulula kunye nokulunga okungathintelekiyo
intando yeemvumi nomculo, iingxelo zikaFerrer zinokudlula zingaqatshelwa. Kodwa
ekucaceni kwayo okuthobekileyo, imvumi yalatha kumdla omangalisayo womculo.
Kukho intabalala yomculo ophefumlayo oboniswa eBuena Vista, kodwa ukuya
bona umculo owenziwe waba msulwa kwisimo sengqondo, ukuma, kunye nentengiso iyahlekisa. Ubininzi be
ixesha, asiyenzi ngolo hlobo e-USA.
Enye into asisayiva kakhulu, ngaphandle kwangaphakathi
iinkampu ezincinci zasele ziguquliwe, ngabantu basentloko kunye nabasekhohlo
ingoma. Kodwa ukuvuselela i-buzz kwisiXeko saseNew York yiRichmond eneminyaka engama-30 ubudala,
Umculi wengoma waseVirginia ogama linguStephan Smith obonakala ebuyela kumdala
ukufunda esikolweni.
Ukwenza imiboniso, iiklabhu, izikolo, kunye
iicawe, uSmith uye wakha ukukhula ngokuthe ngcembe emva kokuxela iindaba ze
imini ene-anti-capitalist ecacileyo kunye nomngeni olungileyo
ukwakha ihlabathi ngokutsha. Kwaye ngokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yakhe yokuqala kaJuni, ngoku
Ixesha (IiRekhodi ezijikelezayo), ufumana ukudubula kubaphulaphuli belizwe.
Ikhutshwe kwiseshoni yokurekhoda yeentsuku ezine ukuba
kubhalwe 60 iingoma, Ngoku Ixesha lazisa 14 Smith amanani akhethiweyo
ebonisa ububanzi obubanzi bezifundo kunye nezimbo zakhe. Ngelizwi lakhe nje,
isiginci, i-banjo, kunye ne-harmonica, uSmith ulinganisa iimbali zenkohlakalo
ka-Abner Louima kunye neziganeko ezibuhlungu zokudubula kwibala lesikolo eWest Paducah, eKentucky
ngokuchasene neengoma ezinethemba kunye ne-autobiographical etyholwa ngeembono zasekuhlaleni kunye a
ukubizela kubutshantliziyo.
Ukuchola izixhobo zokurhweba kwakhe ngokufuduka
ukusebenza eYurophu kunye nabasebenzi basefama kwiintaba zaseWest Virginia, uSmith wafunda
izinto ezibalulekileyo zengoma yesintu kudala ngaphambi kokuba eve uWoody Guthrie, uPete
Seeger, uDylan kunye no-Ochs. Kwaye kunye nokucula kwakhe i-ballad, i-clawhammer banjo
edlala, kunye nokuchola iminwe elulwelo, ubonisa ubungqina obuninzi bokulunga
imfundo. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, amandla kunye nokungxamiseka kweLixesha ngoku
umyalezo. Ukusuka "Kwaphuma Kwabafileyo," ingoma engazange yenze
Ukusikwa kwe-albhamu, umnqweno kaSmith ohlala uhleli: "Ukuba nabani na unokukubuza
'Yaqala njani le ntshukumo?'/ Baxelele ukuba bahambe. Yaqala entliziyweni yam/ Kwaye
lwavuka, lwavuka kwabafileyo/ โฆ kwaye ukholo lwam luya kuwuthwala umoya wam
qhubeka."