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Irakere (faux-Yoruba for 'forest') [1] is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés (son of Bebo Valdés) in 1973. They won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980 with their album Irakere. [2] Irakere was a seminal musical laboratory, where historic innovations in both Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban
Tracklist:00:00 1. Cuba Libre 12:57 2. Sea Mail 19:55 3. Encuentro 27:33 4. Que Pasa? 33:01 5. Gospelanza 38:59 6. Cuba Libre (Reprise)Get The Album Here:Far...
Chucho Valdéspiano, composer, arrangementsArturo Sandovaltrumpet, composerPaquito D'Riveraalto saxophone, arrangementsCarlos Averhofftenor saxophoneJorge Var...
Nov 1, 2015 · Featuring versatile players like the trumpeter Reinaldo Melián and the batá drummer and vocalist Dreiser Durruthy Bambolé, Irakere 40 — now on a North American tour that will reach Town Hall ...
Irakere - Full ConcertRecorded Live: 3/23/1979 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ)More Irakere at Music Vault: http://www.musicvault.comSubscribe to Music Vault:...
Irakere is one of Cuba’s most influential bands. Founded in 1973, Irakere created a sound that mixed jazz, European traditional music, rock, funk with the rhythmic Cuban tradition, enriched with Afro-Cuban and electronic influences.
Irakere Follow Artist + Pioneering Cuban jazz band founded by Chucho Valdes, it launched the careers of iconic musicians Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera.
Feb 1, 2024 · In celebrating Irakere’s 50 th anniversary, we rekindle the revived spirit of a band that has not only transformed the musical landscape of Afro-Cuban jazz, it has endured and reinvented itself. Chucho Valdés and Irakere 50 performs 2/15-18. More information and tickets available here.
Jul 20, 2018 · But while Irakere “always had enough bebop references for the jazz heads in the audience,” Mauleón says, “the music was also danceable enough for the Cuban public.” By 1977, Irakere had toured extensively in the Soviet Bloc countries of Eastern Europe. Then came its breakthrough.
May 3, 2018 · Irakere. Founded in 1973 by pianist Chucho Valdés, Irakere is a legendary Afro-Cuban jazz ensemble, which remains on the cutting edge of Latin jazz. Many of the founders came from the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna.
