After five of the original members of Habana Abierta (Vanito Brown, Kelvis Ochoa, Alejandro Gutierrez, Luis Barbería and Jose Luis Medina) met to relaunch the group through a series of concerts, Vanito remembered fondly the song that closed all the performances of the group as well as his solo shows, La Habana A Todo Color, which over time aimed more to become a kind of "anthem" of love for the City of Havana.
In early 2019 Vanito, with the desire to commemorate the 500th anniversary in a choral congratulations of the City of Havana, is motivated and decides to make a call to gather great Cuban musicians and voices to record an audiovisual version of La Habana A Todo Color. The response was immediate, and an extraordinary cast followed suit that included; Habana Abierta, Descemer Bueno, Aymee Nuviola, Cimafunk, El Micha, Jon Secada, X Alfonso, David Blanco, Gema Corredera, Athanai, David Torrens and Beangel. The instrumentation was done by Roberto Carcassés (Keyboards), Reinier Guerra (Drums), Maykel Olivera (Electric Guitar in Miami), Nam San Fong (Electric Guitar in Havana), Vanito Brown (Acoustic Guitar), Yaroldy Abreu (Percussion), Alejandro Delgado and Julio Padron (Trumpets), Yudith Rojas and Juan Carlos Marin (Trombones).
Produced and arranged by Vanito Brown and Roberto Carcasses, this new audiovisual version of La Habana A Todo Color was recorded between October 2019 and February 2020 in the studios of Peer Music (Miami, FL), Matilda Estudio (Madrid ES) and MB Sounds (Habana CU).
The celebration of La Habana A Todo Color was release of the video on Vanito Brown s YouTube page (CLICK HERE). The video is born from recordings throughout the locations where the song was created and the post-production concept and editing was done by Aaron Vega and Guelmari Oppenheimer - Elelulu.
The celebrations will continue next week with the release of the song itself on all digital platforms worldwide, the broadcast of an exclusive and moving interview with Vanito Brown and also the announcement of the date of a very special Live Happy Hour that will bring together the incredible talents that participated in La Habana A Todo Color.
