BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: IBRAHIM FERRER: DOS GARDENIAS. São Paulo, Brasil, abril de 1999. | Cuba, Ejemplo de Lucha, Dignidad y Resistencia.

“I said to Rubén, ‘Get into this key’ and I sang ‘Dos Gardenias’. And Ry was listening to what I sang and … the man recorded it!” - That’s how Ibrahim Ferrer told the story of how this famous bolero came to be included in the record. Before the Buena Vista Social Club sessions Rubén González hadn’t touched a piano for years, but rehearsals with bassist Orlando ‘Cachaíto’ López had brought his fingers back to life. On the days that followed Rubén would always be the first to arrive at the studio

Tributo Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club de Cuba: Entrevista y Musica