Magia Negra

by Omara Portuondo

Magia Negra cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1959
  • Label: Velvet
  • Country: Cuba
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Omara Portuondo's solo debut, recorded with an ensemble led by pianist Julio Guti茅rrez, draws on the filin movement she helped create as a founding member of the Cuarteto d'Aida. Its jazz-inflected intimacy anticipated the worldwide fame she would find decades later with the Buena Vista Social Club.

Genres

Descriptors: female-vocals, ballad, piano, velvety, storytelling, vocal

Tracklist

  1. Magia Negra
  2. Adios
  3. Oguere
  4. Ya No Me Quieres
  5. Llanto De Luna
  6. Noche Cubana
  7. Andalucia
  8. Que Emocion
  9. El Hombre Que Se Fue
  10. No Hagas Caso
  11. No Puedo Ser Feliz
  12. Caravana

Credits

  • Julio Gutierrez - primary artist, written-by
  • Harold Arlen - written-by
  • Enric Madriguera - written-by
  • Gilberto Vald茅s - written-by
  • Maria Grever - written-by
  • Cesar Portillo De La Luz - written-by
  • Ernesto Lecuona - written-by
  • Orlando De La Rosa - written-by
  • Marta Vald茅s - written-by
  • Adolfo Guzm谩n - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Juan Tizol - written-by

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