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CD REVIEW: NEW CUBAN EXPRESS by MANUEL VALERA
Mavo Records 2012
Review by Bill Tilford, all rights reserved
I have waited for a few decades for this recording. Back when GES, Emiliano Salvador, Afrocuba, Irakere and a select few similar groups were the state of the art, I heard things in all of these ensembles that blew me away even then, but it was also clear that there was still plenty of room for the music to grow and evolve. Some of the musicians from that period, such as Arturo Sandoval, have been focusing more intensively (and with great success) on straight ahead jazz; others, such as Ernán López-Nussa and Maraca, have been incorporating more classical influences into their work, and still others are using various other methods to help move the music forward. Recently, artists such as Gonzalo Rubalcalba, Yosvany Terry, Alain Pérez and César López are some examples of the front-line artists taking Cuban Jazz in new directions, and Manuel Valera is an important, if underexposed, member of that select group. New Cuban Express is Manuel's sixth recording under his own name (he also appears on several other recordings with other artists) and his best work to date in my opinion, althoug
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Salvador Dalí: Short Biography
Salvador Dalí: Short Biography