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	Ibrahim Ferrer - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: With the release of the Grammy-winning album Buena Vista Social Club and an acclaimed documentary of the same name, Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer vaulted from obscurity and poverty to international fame in the twilight of his life.
		By 12, Ferrer was an orphan, surviving by selling newspapers and produce on the street.
		In the wake of a European tour, Ferrer died of multiple organ failure in Havana on August 6, 2005.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/740/Ibrahim-Ferrer/8817164.html (453 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer
		Ferrer lives in Old Havana in a tiny apartment within a crowded and moldering nineteenth-century house with his wife and assorted junior relatives.
		Ferrer’s victory has occurred at a time of some rivalry between the older generation of Cuban musicians, steadfast promoters of traditional son, and groups that have incorporated a new sound into this type of music, without betraying its son roots.
		Ibrahim Ferrer, one of Buena Vista Social Club’s senior citizens, has just returned to Cuba after a tour of Japan with the 70-year-old diva of Cuban song, Omara Portuondo, and is scheduled to travel to the United States in the near future.
	www.afrocubaweb.com /ibrahimferrer.html (1083 words)

	Liege Calling - Obituary: Ibrahim Ferrer
		Ibrahim Ferrer who has died in Havana aged 78, was the voice of the Buena Vista Social Club, the group of elderly Cuban musicians propelled to fame in the late 1990s by the world's rediscovery of the island's music.
		Ferrer was 70 and supplementing his meagre pension by shining shoes when fame unexpectedly beckoned in 1997.
		Ferrer was a devotee of the Santeria religion, which blends elements from Roman Catholicism with those from traditional African beliefs, and he had a special reverence for Babalé-Ayé (St Lazarus), an altar to whom dominated his living room in a run-down part of Havana.
	eduardo1dacosta.multiply.com /journal/item/1158 (1000 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Ibrahim Ferrer
		And Ibrahim Ferrer, the singer in BVSC whose first hit record was released in 1955, remains a focal point, touring with an assortment of BVSC vets and consistently playing this music the way it was heard in pre-Castro Havana.
		Ferrer possesses an ample voice and provides a steady force as a front man. He carries a melody, however, with considerable grace and ease, even as the percussionists and eight horn players swirl around him.
		Ferrer's band benefits from the rock-solid bass of Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, whose lone solo disc is the most forward looking of any BVSC band member and, in some ways, the most artistically sound.
	www.variety.com /article/VE1117920440 (695 words)

	BBC - Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2004 - Ibrahim Ferrer
		There's a fairytale quality to the story of Ibrahim Ferrer's late-flowering career that is almost corny.
		Ferrer was born in 1927 near Cuba's far-eastern city of Santiago.
		Fortunately he succeeded and Ferrer's resulting performance on the Buena Vista Social Club's eponymous and only CD propelled him to levels of fame and fortune he had only ever dreamt of.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/world/awards2004/profile_ibrahimferrer.shtml (356 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		Ibrahím Ferrer was born at a social club dance on February 20, 1927 in San Luis, a town near Santiago, Cuba.
		Ibrahim Ferrer was literally plucked off the streets of Havana where he was taking his daily walk.
		Always regarded as a “musician’s musician,” Ibrahim Ferrer was given the chance to display his great talent in both the rural Santiago and urban Havana traditions.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=780 (1672 words)

	RTE News - Death of Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer
		Ferrer was in semi-retirement and shining shoes for money when he was recruited to participate in the 'Buena Vista Social Club' sessions.
		But Ferrer was unable to attend the ceremony because the United States refused to grant him a visa.
		Ferrer was born on February 20, 1927, in the southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba, a region known for its musical tradition.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0807/ferreri.html (196 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies
		The veteran Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer has died in a Havana hospital, aged 78.
		He had recently completed a month-long tour of Europe, and was admitted to hospital with gastroenteritis, his wife Caridad Diaz told the AFP news agency.
		Ferrer was taken to hospital on Wednesday on his return from his European tour.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4128560.stm (256 words)

	Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Ibrahim Ferrer, the mild-mannered singer of the Buena Vista Social Club group that took him from shining shoes to world fame late in life, has died in Havana aged 78.
		Ferrer, who had just completed a month-long tour of Europe, checked into hospital a few days ago with symptoms of gastroenteritis, his wife Caridad Diaz said.
		Ferrer, a bolero singer who was compared with Nat King Cole, was born in Santiago in eastern Cuba on February 20, 1927, and began singing professionally in 1941.
	www.smh.com.au /news/entertainment/cuban-singer-ibrahim-ferrer-dies/2005/08/07/1123353196878.html (358 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer dies at 78 \| \| Guardian Unlimited Arts
		Ibrahim Ferrer, who achieved fame late in life as the singer of the Buena Vista Social Club, died on Saturday in Havana at the age of 78.
		Ferrer, known for his trademark cap and greying moustache, was a devotee of traditional styles of Cuban music such as "son" and bolero.
		In 1997, Ferrer was one of a group of musicians brought together by the Texas guitarist Ry Cooder to record the Buena Vista Social Club album.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,11711,1544678,00.html (398 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Ibrahim Ferrer, 78, Cuban singer
		Ibrahim Ferrer, the humble, soft-spoken Cuban singer who achieved long-delayed international fame only after he was recruited for the Grammy-winning Buena Vista Social Club, has died.
		Ferrer singing most of the songs in the 1997 Afro-Cuban All Stars' debut album, "A Todo Cuba le Gusta." The Grammy-winning recording quickly followed, selling 6 million copies with the modest Mr.
		Ferrer and his colleagues in the highly popular Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Buena Vista Social Club," chronicling the history of Cuban music from the 1940s to the present.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002426696_ferrerobit08.html (371 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - Singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies
		Ibrahim Ferrer, a Cuban singer who vaulted from obscurity to international fame when he came out of retirement to perform in the Buena Vista Social Club, has died.
		Ferrer, a wiry man in a trademark cap, was a master of the traditional Cuban son and bolero styles.
		Ferrer was born during a social club dance in the eastern Cuban city of Santiago on Feb. 20, 1927, after his mother unexpectedly went into labour.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/08/06/Arts/ferrer-050806.html (1387 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		Ibrahim Ferrer, who has died in Havana at the age of 78, was one of the greatest of Cuban singers.
		Ferrer became a key member of the group, taking many of the male lead vocals on the album.
		Ferrer sold over 6m albums, with Buena Vista or as a soloist, but he said that his dream was to record the boleros album.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1545186,00.html (960 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer, Ibrahim Ferrer, CD
		Ibrahim Ferrer's was the second of what became a line of Buena Vista releases, all hoping to cash in on the success of the first.
		Ferrer's album is pleasant, the kind of album you could put on during brunch on a sunny morning.
		Ibrahim transports you to his native cuba which has always been held as an exotic and magical island in the eyes of the world.
	music.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=25190BJKBX&ean=75597953220 (634 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer : The Essential Ibrahim Ferrer - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		First things first: The Essential Ibrahim Ferrer is not a hastily assembled, dodgy collection of questionable sound and material designed to cash in on the man's name and legend.
		Ferrer wanted to be a great bolero singer and spent his life, no matter what he did for a living, trying to perfect his skill, knowing full-well that his voice was an unconventional one for the form.
		The tunes on this set offer a great wealth of neglected material, and showcase Ferrer's abilities not only as a singer, but as a dancer -- he was required to front many of the bands from the '50s on.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,3570348,00.html (501 words)

	Cuba says goodbye to Ibrahim Ferrer - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Ferrer, who died Saturday of a digestive tract ailment at age 78, was buried before dozens of friends, relatives and tourists who came to pay their final respects.
		Ferrer became "a truly great singing figure on a universal scale, but never stopped being humble, accessible and human", said Rosillo, who met Ferrer when the two were teenagers in Cuba's eastern city of Santiago.
		Ferrer was still a boy when he began singing professionally with Santiago groups in 1941.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /news/html/20050809T200000-0500_85766_OBS_CUBA_SAYS_GOODBYE_TO_IBRAHIM_FERRER_.asp (670 words)

	Rolling Stone : Ibrahim Ferrer Dies at 78
		Ibrahim Ferrer of the Buena Vista Social Club died Saturday in Havana, Cuba, after a week-long bout with emphysema.
		Ferrer was one of the founding members of the Cuban collective that rose to international acclaim in the mid-Nineties playing Cuba's traditional polyrhythmic music known as son.
		Ferrer's first solo record, Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer, recorded in 1999 at the age of seventy, went on to win him a Latin Grammy for Best New Artist in 2000.
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/7538195/ibrahim_ferrer_dies_at_78 (391 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer 1927 – 2005 : IntentBlog
		Ibrahim Ferrer’s mother went into labour at a social club dance and 70 years later, another social club made him a star.
		He started touring and recording solo albums but was refused a US visa to attend the Latin Grammy’s for which he had been nominated (and subsequently won).
		Buena Vista Social Club has remained one of my favourite albums ever since I first heard it several years ago so I was extremely saddened to hear that Ibrahim Ferrer had passed away on Saturday in Havana, soon after returning from a European tour.
	www.intentblog.com /archives/2005/08/ibrahim_ferrer.html (563 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer - Buenos Hermanos - CD Reviews with SalsaPower!
		This also may explain why there are fewer musicians on these sessions than on his previous one and might explain why most of the tunes are written by Ferrer himself, since they had to be done on the spot and we are better off for it.
		Boquiñeñe sounds like a typical straightforward son, as Ibrahim uses the track to introduce the players who are involved throughout the entire recording.
		And then there's Hay que entrarle a palos a ese, written by Ibrahim Ferrer but very similar to the arrangements they did for Marieta from his last cd written by Faustino Oramos.
	www.salsapower.com /cdreviews/ibrahim.htm (659 words)

	Stereophile: Ibrahim Ferrer: 1927–2005
		August 8, 2005 —; Ibrahim Ferrer, one of the best-known practitioners of the Cuban vocal music known as son, died in Havana on August 6 of multiple organ failure.
		Ferrer was born at a dance in a Santiago social club in 1927, when his mother unexpectedly went into early labor.
		Ferrer electrified audiences with his lithe tenor and evocation of heartbreak and longing on Buena Vista Social Club, especially in the lament for lost love, Dos Gardenias—a high point of both the CD and the film of Buena Vista Social Club.
	www.stereophile.com /news/080805ibrahim/index.html (408 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer: 1927-2005 Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine - Find Articles
		Ibrahim Ferret, the honey-voiced Cuban singer who came to international prominence with the release of the award winning Buena Vista Social Club recording and film, died on August 6th, at the age of 78, shortly after returning from a European tour.
		Although he loved the romantic boleros, Ferrer generally sang the faster sones and guaraches with the group, remaining with them for another two decades, even as they changed their name to Los Bocusos and pioneered the polon rhythm, but he never received much credit for his work, shunted out of the spotlight on records.
		Ibrahim Ferrer is survived by his wife, Caridad Diaz, six children, 14 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1197/is_4_49/ai_n15931609 (660 words)

	Buena Vista Social Club presents Ibrahim Ferrer in Toronto
		I was struck by her desire for proximity to Ferrer and by Ferrer's apparent pleasure in that moment.
		If Ibrahím Ferrer is known for his magic (as they say he is), it must be for the kind of love spells that he cast with those dreamy numbers, Naufragio and Perfume de Gardenias.
		Then Ibrahím Ferrer emerged from the right wing of the stage for an encore and sang Dos Gardenias Para Tí…, a beautiful and well-liked ballad… people in the audience screamed for the band to play salsa or cha-cha, (it didn’t, though Dos Gardenias was beautifully rendered by a soulful Ibrahím Ferrer).
	www.tosalsa.com /forum/features/feature_2004ibrahimferrer_christine.html (1375 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer Dies at Age 78
		Cuban musician Ibrahim Ferrer, who recently rose to worldwide prominence as a member of Buena Vista Social Club, died on Saturday in Havana at the age of 78.
		Ferrer was a link to an almost forgotten past.
		Ferrer's death follows the passing of Buena Vista pianist Ruben Gonzalez in December of 2003 and guitarist Compay Segundo in September of the same year, both of whom enjoyed successful solo careers in the wake of Buena Vista's popularity.
	www.coolfer.com /blog/archives/2005/08/ibrahim_ferrer.php (366 words)

	Buena Vista's Ibrahim Ferrer Dies - CBS News
		Known for his trademark cap and graying mustache, Ferrer was a wiry, animated figure who clearly enjoyed performing Cuba's traditional "son" music of the 1940s and 1950s for new generations of fans.
		Also in 1999, Ferrer was featured in one of a string of albums that followed, "Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer," and won a Latin Grammy for best new artist in 2000.
		Originally from Cuba's eastern city of Santiago, Ferrer was born on Feb. 20, 1927, during a dance at a social club after his mother unexpectedly went into labor.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/08/07/entertainment/main763675.shtml (506 words)

	Ibraim Ferrer
		Yet within three years of these first international appearances, Ferrer was packing out the world’s great venues – Royal Albert Hall, the Sydney Opera House, the Orchard Hall in Tokyo and receiving rapturous ovations from audiences for whom he had become the embodiment – the heart and soul – of the multimillion-selling Buena Vista phenomenon.
		Throughout his career, Ferrer believed he was dogged by a mixture of bad luck and lack of faith from other musicians.
		Ferrer had his photograph taken with two hundred Russian sailors in the port of Talinn, and he even sat next to Soviet premier Nikita Khruschev at a dinner during the height of the Cuban missile crisis.
	www.rilatino.com /Ferrer.cfm (1773 words)

	Boing Boing: Ibrahim Ferrer on billboard in Cuba protesting US antiterror policies
		The background is that Ibrahim Ferrer, when nominated for a Grammy, was refused admission to the US to attend the award ceremony on grounds of -- get this -- national security.
		Ferrer as an individual, the perennial inclusion of Cuba on the United States' list of "state-sponsors of terrorism" (dating back to the Reagan administration) at present serves as the bottom-line justification for excluding all Cuban musicians from entering the US, effectively lumping Mr.
		The picture used in that billboard was actually the photo of Ibrahim on the cover of his solo album.
	www.boingboing.net /2005/05/31/ibrahim_ferrer_on_bi.html (399 words)

	Ibrahim Ferrer ::::: Sasa music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Always regarded as a “musician’s musician,” Ibrahim Ferrer has now been give the chance to display his great talent in both the rural Santiago and urban Havana traditions.
		In 1999 Ibrahim Ferrer’s debut album, produced by Ry Cooder, was released worldwide by World Circuit-Nonesuch Records.
		Today, Ibrahím Ferrer lives in Old Havana where the centerpiece of his living room is an altar to Saint Lazarus, or Bbalú-ayé, one of the African / Catholic saints of Cuba's Santería religion.
	www.sasamusic.com /a01_ibrahim_ferrer/artist_bio.htm (717 words)

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