Hanine Y Son Cubano Explained

Hanine Y Son Cubano^[1] is a music group formed in 1999 that merges Cuban music and Arabic music.

It was in the early 1990s, when he lived in Havana, that Greek-Lebanese Michel Elefteriades came up with the music concept that led in 1999 to the formation of Hanine Y Son Cubano, the Arabo-Cuban music genre.

It was while he was sitting in a cafe in Havana, surrounded by Afro-Cuban sounds, that Elefteriades began singing a classic of the Arabic music, "Ya Habibi ta ala" of the Arab diva Asmahan.^[2] Elefteriades spent two years trying to achieve this project.

The band gave birth to a few albums, namely "Arabo-Cuban"^[3] distributed by “Warner”, "10908 km",^[4] and "The Festivals Album: Baalbeck & Beiteddine".^[5]

Discography

• Arabo-Cuban (2002) includes pieces from Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Abdel Halim Hafez, Farid El Atrache, Fairouz and Asmahan rearranged in salsa, Bolero and cha-cha-cha…

Arabo-Cuban.

1. La llave - “Albi W Mouftahou”
2. Afro blue/Zum Zum - “Ana Wel Azab We Hawak”
3. Cuando - “Emta Ha Taaraf”
4. El mambo de los recuerdos - “Aala Bali”
5. El huerfanito - “Ya Habibi Ta'ala”
6. El gallo - “El Helwa Dih”
7. La flor - “Ya Zahratan Fi Khayali”
8. El dia feliz - “Kan Agmal Yom”
9. Descarga Arabo-cubana
10. Pot Pourri
11. El mambo de los recuerdos “Aala Bali” (remixed by Michel Eléftériadès)
12. Presentations : Hanine, Marcelino Linares, Michel Elefteriades
13. Bonus : phrase "Ya se me acabo el repertorio" + rires

• 10908 km (distance as the crow flies from Beirut to Havana)

1. Baladi (salsa salsita)^[6]
2. Zourouni (visita me)
3. Lama aa tarik el ein (la fuente)
4. Chaghalouni (ojos del alma)
5. Zeh’ani (soledad)
6. Bhebak w menak khaifi (no llores)
7. Imlali (llena me la copa)
8. Arabo-Cuban improvisation

• The Festivals Album (Baalbeck & Beiteddine Festivals)

1. Rosana
2. Huwwara
3. Dal'ouna
4. Ghzayyil
5. Rahou^[7]
6. Tutti Frutti
7. Lama Aa Tarik El Ein
8. Na'eeli Ahla Zahra
9. Salsa Salsita
10. Ya Lalah
11. Aala Nari
12. Rjeena
13. Pot Pourri

External links

• http://www.elefteriades.com/hanine.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081022025308/http://hanine.calabashmusic.com/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hanine Y son Cubano. Facebook.
2. يا حبيبي تعال الحقني. YouTube.
3. Web site: Arabo-Cuban Album. Discogs.
4. Web site: 10908 km Album.
5. Web site: The Festivals Album. 3 August 2010 .
6. Beirut Havana. YouTube.
7. Rahou. YouTube.