I'm now grateful for both the loss and the re-discovery, since my musical world includes Perez Prado, King Crimson, Public Enemy, Chucho Valdez, Miles Davis, the Beastie Boys, Ernesto Lecuona, George Gershwin and many others that would not usually appear together in a single paragraph.
Most Cuban music is, quite literally, a celebration of life itself.
A way to temporarily forget the hardships of daily living and focus on the mere thrill of being alive. Of breathing and moving, and swaying to the rhythm. There's no way to scientifically measure the healing and spiritually uplifting aspects of music in general, but if there was, I'm certain that the items on this list would score very high. In this section I will talk about what I like, the composers and performers, and the CDs I choose to keep in my modest collection. If an item appears in this section, it is because I find it worth keeping and telling you about.