Rubén Blades - Maestra vida primera parte #rubenblades

Maestra Vida: Primera Parte (Part One) was released by Rubén Blades under Fania Records in 1980. It’s the first part of a double album Latin music opera written by Blades. It’s the fictional story of Manuela Pérez and her lover Carmelo DaSilva. Latin music historian Aurora Flores once wrote, “A tour de force, ‘Maestra Vida’ deconstructs the salsa formula of the times, creating a smooth fusion of classical, Latin music and urban mood settings while keeping time to a clave structure. Lushly orchestrated and produced by Willie Colón who fuses and focuses on various Latin music genres including samba, bossa, plena, bomba and decimas along an Afro-Cuban matrix of metered beats and sounds, ‘Maestra Vida’ goes beyond the predictably hard dance style music into a more profound reflective level of art and culture.” Craft is releasing a remastered version of the album on its 45th anniversary and making it available in HD audio for the first time. #faniarecords #fania