He thus followed the old heroes of the traditional Cuban Son music on their path from being completely forgotten to becoming world famous-within the period of just a few months. Over the course of several months, he observed and accompanied the musicians-first at home in Havana then, weeks later, in April 1998, on their trip to Amsterdam for the first public performance of the band (who had never played together outside a studio) then, still later, in July 1998, to their triumphal concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Wenders immersed himself in the world of Cuban music. Cooder wanted to record his material for Ibrahim Ferrer’s solo album at a studio there-following the recording of the first Buena Vista Social Club CD (which had not yet been released at that time). With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had written the music for Paris, Texas and The End of Violence, on a trip to Havana.
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