Son Montuno presents Buena Vista Social Club at the Delancey
About This Event
Son Montuno, a New York City–based Rock/Pop group rooted in Cuban son, presents a Buena Vista Social Club tribute at the Delancey as part of a Groupmuse NYC event. Their work emphasizes tight, interlocking rhythms, arranged horn lines and cyclical vamps, foregrounding ensemble clarity and improvisatory turns drawn from the son montuno lineage associated with Arsenio Rodríguez and the conjunto tradition.
About Buena Vista Social Club(musical)
*Buena Vista Social Club* is a recent stage musical (2023), built around the repertory associated with the Buena Vista Social Club recordings, with a book by Marco Ramirez. In New York, it appears in a Groupmuse NYC context at the Delancey, where Son Montuno and rotating tribute lineups—including Grammy-nominated musicians—treat the material as living ensemble music rather than museum repertory. The arrangements foreground Cuban son’s interlocking pulse, horn voicings, and cyclical vamps, leaving space for improvisation. It also reflects how Cuban popular music has been reinterpreted and sustained in the city’s Latin diasporic circuits.
About the Artist
Son Montuno
Son Montuno is a New York City–based group working in the Rock/Pop space with a strong grounding in Cuban son traditions. Their Groupmuse NYC appearances have included “Latin Music: Son Montuno presents Buena Vista Social Club Tribute,” drawing on the lineage of son montuno associated with Arsenio Rodríguez and the later conjunto sound.