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The Buena Vista Social Club was a Members Club in Havana , Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s. In the 1990s, nearly 40 years after the club was closed, it inspired a recording made by Cuban Musician Juan De Marcos González and American guitarist Ry Cooder with traditional Cuban musicians, some of whom were veterans who had performed at the club during the height of its popularity. The recording, named '' Buena Vista Social Club '' after the Havana institution, became an international success, and the ensemble was encouraged to perform with a full line-up in Amsterdam in 1998. German director Wim Wenders captured the performance on film, followed by a second concert in Carnegie Hall , New York City for a Documentary that included interviews with the musicians conducted in Havana. Wenders's film, also called '' Buena Vista Social Club '', was released to critical acclaim, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature and winning numerous accolades including Best Documentary at the European Film Awards . The success of both the album and film sparked a revival of international interest in traditional Cuban music and , Rubén González , and Ibrahim Ferrer , who died at the ages of ninety-five, eighty-four, and seventy-eight respectively; Segundo and González in 2003, then Ferrer in 2005. SOCIAL CLUB The Buena Vista Social Club was a black members-only club located in the populous Marianao neighborhood, in Cuba's capital (PBS). Retrieved 18 March 2007 . The club was run along the lines of a 2007 . ''Sociedades de Negros'' (Black Societies) existed throughout Cuba, and Havana boasted a number of closely linked organizations including the Marianao Social Club, Union Fraternal, Club Atenas — whose members included doctors and engineers — and the Buena Vista Social Club itself. According to American guitarist Ry Cooder, Prominent musicians that performed at the club during the 1930s and 40s include bassist 2007 . and had a strong impact on popular music, not only in Latin America, but also in the United States during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Shortly after the , and poetic singer-songwriters such as Silvio Rodríguez . The emergence of pop music and Salsa , a style derived from Cuban music but developed in the United States, meant that son music fell further out of favor with Cubans. ALBUM See Also: Buena Vista Social Club (album)
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