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Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
ensemble of Cuban musicians
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Ibrahim Ferrer
Ibrahim Ferrer
Cuban musician
2
Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal
Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal
Cuban musician
3
Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo
Cuban singer
4
Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos
Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos
Cuban musician
5
Chucho Valdés
Chucho Valdés
Cuban musician
6
Tata Güines
Tata Güines
Cuban musician
7
Arsenio Rodríguez
Arsenio Rodríguez
Cuban musician
8
Enrique Jorrín
Enrique Jorrín
Cuban musician
9
Peruchín
Peruchín
Cuban pianist
10
Roberto Fonseca
Roberto Fonseca
Cuban musician
11
Orlando "Cachaíto" López
Orlando "Cachaíto" López
Cuban musician
12
Frank Emilio Flynn
Frank Emilio Flynn
Cuban composer, pianist and jazz musician (1921-2001)
13
Miguel "Angá" Díaz
Miguel "Angá" Díaz
Cuban musician
14
Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo
Cuban musician
15
Juan Pablo Torres
Juan Pablo Torres
Cuban musician
16
Cachao
Cachao
Cuban musician
17
Pío Leyva
Pío Leyva
Cuban musician
18
Sonora Matancera
Sonora Matancera
Cuban band
19
Alfredo Rodríguez
Alfredo Rodríguez
Cuban pianist from the 1960s to 2000s
20
Benny Moré
Benny Moré
Cuban musician
21
Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder
American guitarist, singer and composer
22
Ñico Saquito
Ñico Saquito
Cuban trova songwriter, guitarist and singer
23
Roberto Urbay
Roberto Urbay
Cuban pianist
24
Michael Eckroth
Michael Eckroth
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
25
Ismael Miranda
Ismael Miranda
Puerto Rican musician
Rubén González Fontanills
Cuban musician

Rubén González Fontanills

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Rubén González Fontanills (26 May 1919 – 8 December 2003) was a Cuban pianist. Together with Lilí Martínez and Peruchín he is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s".

Between the 1940s and his retirement in the 1980s, he played with Cuba's most successful acts, including Paulina Álvarez, Arsenio Rodríguez, Orquesta América del 55, Orquesta Riverside and Enrique Jorrín. In the 1990s, he came out of retirement to play in the revival ensembles Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club, also recording solo material and performing live until 2002.