Eliades Ochoa Bustamante (born 22 June 1946) is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near

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. He began playing the guitar when he was six and in 1978 he was invited to join Cuarteto Patria, a group founded in 1939, as its leader. Although he looks like a ''guajiro'', and he still wears his trademark

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, his roots are in the

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, and he only agreed to take on the role of leader if he was allowed to introduce new elements to the repertoire. He plays the guitar,

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and also a variant of the guitar, with two additional strings. His involvement with the

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and the Wim Wenders film of the same name (1999), has led him to worldwide fame. In 2010 he recorded an album with a number of Cuban and Malian musicians, including

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, titled ''AfroCubism''.

Discography

Albums

* ''Harina de maíz criolla'' (1980) * ''Son de Oriente'' (1980) * ''María Cristina me quiere gobernar'' (1982) * ''Chanchaneando con Compay Segundo'' (1989) * ''La parranda del Teror con el Cuarteto Patria'' (1992) * ''A una coqueta'' (1993) * ''Se soltó un león'' (1993) * ''La trova de Santiago de Cuba. ¡Ay, mamá, qué bueno!'' (1995) * ''Eliades Ochoa y el Cuarteto Patria'' (1996) * ''

'' (1997) * ''CubÁfrica'' (1996) * ''Cuidadito Compay gallo...que llegó el perico'' (1998) * ''Continental Drifter'' (1999) * ''Sublime Ilusión'' (1999) * ''Tributo al Cuarteto Patria'' (2000) * ''Estoy como nunca'' (2002) * ''Las 5 leyendas'' (2005) * '' AfroCubism'' (2010) * ''Un Bolero Para Ti'' (2011) * ''Mi guitarra canta'' (2011) * ''Eliades y la Banda del Jigüe'' (2011) * ''Lo más reciente de Eliades Ochoa'' (2012) * ''El Eliades que Soy'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''Los años no determinan'' (2016)

Compilations

* ''Grandes éxitos de Eliades Ochoa'' (2001) * ''Cuarteto Patria 1965-1981'' (2004) * ''Guajiro Sin Fronteras: Grandes Exitos'' (2005) * ''A la Casa de la Trova'' (2005) * ''The Essential Collection'' (2005) * ''Best of Buena Vista'' (2006) * ''Coleccion Cubana '' (2007)

Collaborations

*1996 Manu Dibango, CD ''CubÁfrica'' *1996 Bévinda, CD ''Hasta siempre comandante'' *1998 Cyrius Martínez, CD ''De Santiago a Baracoa'' *1999 Charlie Musselwhite, CD ''Continental Drifter'' *1999 Hermanas Ferrín, CD ''Mi linda guajira'' *1999 Moncho (Ramón Calabuch Batista), CD ''Quédate conmigo'' *2000 Luis Eduardo Aute, CD ''Mira que eres canalla Aute!'' *2001 Jarabe de palo, CD ''De vuelta y vuelta'' *2004 Blof Umoja, CD ''Umoja'' *2010 Buena Fe, CD ''Pi 3,14'' *2010 William Vivianco, CD ''El mundo está cambiao'' *2011 Enrique Bunbury, CD ''Cantinas'' *2011 Lia (Ofelia), CD Lia, ''océano de amor'' *2013 David Blanco, CD ''Amigos'' *2013 Bob Dylan, CD ''From another world'' *2014 Pupy y los que son son (César Pedroso), CD ''Sin límites'' *2016 María Ochoa, CD ''Guajira más Guajira''

References

External links

Official website

Eliades Ochoa discography at AllMusic.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ochoa, Eliades 1946 births Living people Cuban guitarists Cuban male guitarists Buena Vista Social Club Cuban people of Basque descent World Circuit (record label) artists