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Manuel Galbán (January 14, 1931 – July 7, 2011) was a Grammy-winning Cuban guitarist, pianist and arranger, most notable for his work with Los Zafiros, Ry Cooder and the Buena Vista Social Club. He died on July 7, 2011, of cardiac arrest at his home in Havana, Cuba.
Dec 2, 2014 · GRAMMY-winning musician Manuel Galbán died July 7 in Havana after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 80 years old. Born in Gibara, Cuba, Galbán began playing guitar with the Orchestra Villa Blanca at age 14.
Jul 8, 2011 · Manuel Galbán, the Cuban guitar legend who helped Buena Vista Social Club rise to worldwide fame, died yesterday (7 July) in Havana after suffering a heart attack. He was 80 years old.
Jul 9, 2011 · Manuel Galbán, a Cuban guitarist best known for his work with the all-star ensemble Buena Vista Social Club and its various offshoots, died on Thursday in Havana. He was 80. The cause...
Mambo Sinuendo is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galbán and producer Ry Cooder. The album was the first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder (after Buena Vista Social Club in 1998), and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 46th Grammy ...
Jul 8, 2011 · Guitarist Manuel Galbán, best known in the U.S. for the 2003 Mambo Sinuendo album he recorded with Ry Cooder, died Thursday of a heart attack in Havana, Cuba. He was 80. Galbán, who made his his professional debut in 1944, joined Los Zafiros in 1963.
On Mambo Sinuendo is both producer Cooder as guitarist, this time in the good company of one guitar hero, Manuel Galbán. Galbán gained notoriety in the 1960s when he played with the Cuban vocal group Los Zafiros. On Mambo Sinuendo he and Cooder go even further back in time to songs from the fifties.
