Cuba L.A. - Guantanamera

Cuba L.A. is a collective of West Coast musicians who share an interest in Cuban music, and, most of them are of Cuban descent as well. Their leader is Danilo Lozano, a classically-trained flautist and a professor of music. Cuba LA es un colectivo de músicos de la Costa Oeste que comparten un interés en la música cubana, y, la mayoría de ellos son de origen cubano. Su líder es Danilo Lozano, un flautista de formación clásica y profesor de música. “Guantanamera“ (Spanish: “from Guantánamo [feminine]“, thus “woman from Guantánamo“) is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country’s most noted patriotic song. The music for the song is attributed to José Fernández Diaz, known as Joseíto Fernández who claimed to have written it at various dates (consensus puts 1929 as its year of origin).