Credit

• Alto Saxophone - Carlo Montenegro Ruíz
• Alto Saxophone - José Ramírez Nurque
• Baritone Saxophone - Adrian Corzo González
• Bass - Aleida Espinosa
• Bass - Andrés Escalona Graña
• Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López
• Bongos - Carlos González
• Bongos - Roberto García
• Cello - Arelis Zaldívar Copello
• Cello - Roy Avila Serrano
• Claves [Clave] - Ibrahim Ferrer Jr.
• Congas - Angel Terry
• Cowbell - Carlos González
• Design - The Team (7)
• Electric Guitar - Manuel Galbán
• Electric Guitar - Ry Cooder
• Executive-Producer - Nick Gold
• Guiro [Güiro] - Roberto García
• Guitar - Eliades Ochoa (3)
• Laúd - Barbarito Torres (4, 9)
• Liner Notes [Translated By] - Francesca Clarke
• Management [Project Manager] - Jenny Adlington
• Maracas - Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés
• Mastered By - Jerry Boys
• Mastered By [Assistant Mastering Engineer] - Tom Leader
• Mixed By - Jerry Boys
• Music Consultant, Coordinator - Juan de Marcos González
• Photography By [Back Cover & Pages 7, 13, 16, 23, 25, 27] - Susan Titelman
• Photography By [Front Cover] - Karl Haimel
• Photography By [Pages 9 & 20] - Donata Wenders
• Piano - Rubén González
• Presenter - Buena Vista Social Club
• Producer [Produced By] - Ry Cooder
• Recorded By - Jerry Boys
• Tenor Saxophone - Antonio Francisco Jiménez Sánchez
• Tenor Saxophone - Braulio Hernández Rodríguez
• Tenor Saxophone - Gil Bernal (4, 9)
• Timbales - Amadito Valdés
• Transcription By [Song Transcriptions], Research - Sigfredo Ariel
• Tres - Papí Oviedo
• Trombone - Alberto Muñoz
• Trombone - Jorge Leal
• Trombone, Soloist - Jesús 'Agauje' Ramos
• Trumpet - Alejandro Pérez Pichardo
• Trumpet - Carmelo González
• Trumpet - Daniel Ramos
• Trumpet - Octavio Calderón
• Trumpet - Yanko Piscaco Pichardo
• Trumpet, Soloist - Manuel 'El Guajiro' Mirabal
• Udu [Udu Drum], Goblet Drum [Dumbek], Drums - Joachim Cooder
• Viola - Angél Zaldívar Copello
• Viola - Lenor Bermúdez Bermúdez
• Viola - Rafael Cutiño Diequez
• Violin - Lázaro Ordóñez Enríquez
• Violin [1st] - Alyoth Marichal Castillo
• Violin [1st] - José Conyedo Román
• Violin [1st] - Julián Corrales Subidá
• Violin [1st] - Pedro Depestre González
• Violin [2nd] - Ariel Sarduy Méndez
• Violin [2nd] - Humberto Legat Year
• Violin [2nd] - José Pérez Fuentes
• Violin [2nd] - Rogelio Martínez Muquercia
• Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
• Vocals - José Antonio Rodríguez
• Vocals - Omara Portuondo (8)
• Vocals - Teresa García Caturla
• Vocals [Chorus] - José Antonio Rodríguez
• Vocals [Chorus] - Lázaro Villa
• Vocals [Chorus] - Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
• Vocals [Chorus] - Pío Leyva
• Vocals [Vocal Group] - Estela Guzman Vega (2, 6)
• Vocals [Vocal Group] - Laura Flores Hernández (2, 6)
• Vocals [Vocal Group] - Michelle Alderete Espigul (2, 6)
• Vocals [Vocal Group] - Odette Tellería Orduña