They are awsome..you know your shit. but i think maxwell is cuban...and actually Sammie davis JR might be the best cuban singer...And there is like one puerto rican group i liked thats pretty current..A group called DARK LATIN GROOVE. DLG...the lead singer is awsome. check them out
Maxwell's mother is Trini and his father P.R.
I first heard of The Buena Vista Social club and Afro-Cuban Allstars back in my senior yr in college. I was tired of hip-hop, and I saw a PBS special on them. Ibrahim was like 90+ yrs old
. They are off the meter. I also started listening to a lot of Brazilian music, especially Brazilian Soul Grooves, this genre of Brazilian music is a Brazilian version of our 60's Motown Sound and funk, it is off the meter. I like listening to Bossa Nova songs as well.
I have to check out Dark Latin Groove, thanks.