Credit

• Electric Guitar - Ry Cooder
• Producer - Ry Cooder
• Mastered By - Jerry Boys
• Mixed By - Jerry Boys
• Recorded By - Jerry Boys
• Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
• Presenter - Buena Vista Social Club
• Vocals - Omara Portuondo (C2)
• Piano - Rubén González
• Guitar - Eliades Ochoa (A3)
• Maracas - Alberto "Virgilio" Valdés
• Timbales - Amadito Valdés
• Bongos - Carlos González
• Cowbell - Carlos González
• Laúd [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres (B1, C3)
• Electric Guitar - Manuel Galbán
• Drums, Percussion - Joachim Cooder
• Bass - Orlando "Cachaíto" López
• Backing Vocals - Pío Leyva
• Violin [1st] - Julián Corrales Subidá
• Trumpet - Yanko Pisaco Pichardo
• Backing Vocals - Lázaro Villa
• Congas - Angel Terry
• Trumpet - Alejandro Pichardo Pérez
• Trumpet - Carmelo González
• Violin [1st] - José Conyedo Román
• Violin [2nd] - José Pérez Fuentes
• Viola - Angél Zaldivar Copello
• Trumpet - Octavio Calderón
• Backing Vocals - Odette Telleria Orduña (A2, B3)
• Trombone - Jorge Leal
• Violin - Lázaro Ordóñez (A1)
• Violin [2nd] - Rogelio Martinez Murquercia
• Alto Saxophone - Carlo Montenegro Ruiz
• Violin [2nd] - Humberto Legat Yera
• Bass - Andrés Escalona Graña
• Tres - Papi Oviedo (B2)
• Violin [1st] - Alyoth Marichal Castillo
• Trombone - Alberto Muñoz
• Violin [1st] - Pedro Depestre González
• Alto Saxophone - José Ramirez Nurque
• Claves - Ibrahim Ferrer Junior
• Cello - Arelis Zaldivar Copello
• Tenor Saxophone - Gil Bernal (B1, C3)
• Viola - Lenor Bermúdez
• Viola - Rafael Cutiño Diequez
• Backing Vocals - Laura Flores Hernández (A2, B3)
• Cello - Roy Avila Serrano
• Tenor Saxophone - Antonio Francisco Jiménez Sánchez
• Bass - Aleida Espinosa
• Violin [2nd] - Ariel Sarduy Méndez
• Backing Vocals - Estela Guzman Vega (A2, B3)
• Baritone Saxophone - Adrian Corzo González
• Backing Vocals - Michelle Alderete Espigul (A2, B3)
• Trumpet - Daniel "El Gordo" Ramos
• Music Consultant, Coordinator - Juan de Marcos González
• Mastered By [Vinyl] - Alex Wharton
• Tenor Saxophone - Braulio "Babin" Hernandez
• Vocals - Teresita Garcia Caturla
• Bongos - Roberto Garcia
• Guiro - Roberto Garcia
• Liner Notes [Translations] - Francesca Clarke
• Trombone - Jesús "Agauje" Ramos
• Design - The Team (7)
• Trumpet - Mañuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
• Backing Vocals - Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
• Backing Vocals - José Antonio Rodríguez
• Vocals - José Antonio Rodriguez