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Irakere Led by ace pianist Jesús "Chucho" Valdés, Irakere is a Cuban band that plays Afro-Cuban jazz and traditional Cuban rhythms with equal proficiency, and occasionally stretch as far as Mozart or disco. Irakere has gone through innumerable horn players since their first big hit, 1974's guitar-driven "Bacalao Con Pan" - though their rhythm section has remained admirably stable - and continued to perform all over the world through the 90s. By 1994, timba - NG La Banda's blend of traditional rhythms with forward-looking jazz and funk styles - had become hugely influential in Havana, and Irakere appears to have jumped on the bandwagon. www.warr.org /irakere.html   (1815 words)

[No title] Irakere was then some sort of laboratory and popular music academy where musicians experimented and learned from each other as they developed a style without precedents in Cuban popular music. The word Irakere means both vegetation and whip in the African Yoruba language. By 1973, the band’s members were Chucho on the piano, Oscar Valdés on percussion, Carlos del Puerto on the bass, guitarist Carlos Emilio Morales, saxophonists Paquito D’Rivera and Carlos Averhoff, Jorge Varona on the trumpet, drummer Bernardo García and Alfonso Campos on the congas. www.rockpaperscissors.biz /rps-media/Irakere_Tracks_Liner_3_21_2006.doc   (502 words)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Scarlets Web - 10/14/99 Irakere, which means Jungle, is a 12-piece ensemble from Havana. Irakere was refused entry into the United States for almost two decades. Irakere is now permitted to tour the United States and again is knocking out audiences with its performances and recordings. www.unl.edu /scarlet/v9n26/v9n26arts.html   (1855 words)

Chucho Valdes, Irakere, Afrocubanismo Live!:the Musicians Chucho started his first jazz trio at the age of 16 and founded Irakere in 1972 while playing with the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna. He writes most of the band's compositions and arrangements and has released dozens of albums, both with Irakere and as a solo performer. On ¡Afrocubanismo!, Los Muñequitos perform with Irakere and others on Xiomara, an electrifying piece that serves as the grand finale to both the recording and the Festival. www.bembe.com /afrocubanismo/musicians.html   (524 words)

Metroactive Music | Jesus Valdés Naturally, the pianist and his new bandmates, who dubbed themselves "Irakere" (the Yoruba word for "forest"), wanted to tap that Gillespie fire in their own performances. IN THE '70s, when Irakere first appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival and its self-titled Columbia Records debut won a Grammy--a singular feat for a Cuban band--the group cooked with burning electric guitars and propulsive, Santana-like grooves. In a rare moment of "cultural exchange," which Valdés dubiously claims "has been going on for many, many years regardless of the political factors involved," the members of Irakere were recently granted visas to perform stateside as a full unit for the first time. www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/06.20.96/afro-cuban-9625.html   (770 words)

AMZ - June, 1999 - Irakere "Irakere" the band was formed in Cuba some 25 years ago by, among others, pianist/composer "Chucho" Valdez. For the past 25 years they have been both carrying on the traditions of Afro/Cuban music and Latin Jazz, and redefining the sound into a musical language of their own. There is a lot that is traditional about "Irakere," and a lot that isn't. www.music-reviewer.com /06_99/jazz22c.shtml   (427 words)

Chucho Valdes, Irakere, Afrocubanismo Live! The recording revolves around one group that is the musical center for six of the seven selections: Chucho Valdés and Irakere. The group Irakere was born twenty-five years ago as a means of self-expression for some extraordinary young musicians. By combining the power of the Cuban rhythms in their blood with the free-flowing expression of the American jazz they loved, they created a force that changed the course of Cuban popular music. www.bembe.com /afrocubanismo   (393 words)

Contemporary Afro-Cuban Jazz--Irakere Last night Irakere, the cutting-edge Havana based group which pioneered both the fusion of classical Cuban music and jazz and the melding of the culture's traditional instruments with electric ones, opened for a week's stint at Seattle's Jazz Alley. Irakere's horn section, consisting of two trumpets, tenor and alto saxophones always bears mention. Irakere, now 22 years old, still continues to excite even this jaded writer's aging blood, and by the end of the set, people were boogeying betwixt and between the waitresses and tables—not bad for an opening Tuesday night. www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=1734   (432 words)

CD Baby: CHUCHO VALDES AND IRAKERE: Babalu Aye (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Irakere also experiments with incorporating resonances from Cuba's African roots through the use of traditional rhythms and folkloric drums such as the batá. Using synthesizers, batá drums, rumba, jazz, funk and salsa, Irakere is capable of blending together many genres in a steamy, delectable stew. Irakere has come to represent the cutting edge of contemporary Cuban music and the wondrous possibilities of mixing musical styles. cdbaby.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cd/chucho   (389 words)

Irakere News Miguel "Anga" Diaz, one of the masters of the conga drum and a composer, arranger and teacher, has died suddenly at his home in Spain at 45. ARTURO SANDOVAL Sandoval first attracted attention in the late 1970s with his superb, sky-punching solos for Irakere, a Latin Jazz group that combined the horn-driven funk of Earth, Wind & Fire with the... From the hot mambos of Perez Prado and the jazzy jam sessions of Cachao to the lilting acoustic strains of the Buena Vista Social Club, the sounds of Cuba have always been an inevitable point of reference for... www.topix.net /who/irakere   (348 words)

IRAKERE - Featuring Chucho Valdes Latin Beat Magazine - Find Articles Based solely on artistic merit, Yemayá is even comparable to a couple of 1986 Irakere landmarks: Tierra en Trance (Aretito) and Black Mass (Messidor). But this time he is fortunate to count on the energetic vocal skills of his favorite sister --the one and only Mayra Caridad Valdés, the number one jazz songstress of the Caribbean. Keep in mind, of course, how difficult it is to become a piano emperor in a land with a surplus of piano kings... www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_2_9/ai_55472875   (496 words)

Irakere MP3 Downloads - Irakere Music Downloads - Irakere Music Videos For Latin jazz fans, this is a succinct and nearly complete roundup of Irakere's two North American albums, a brief peek through Cuba's door before politics slammed it shut again for another generation. Irakere is represented by four tracks, including the lengthy, uncut "Black Mass," and Irakere II by six tracks. Interestingly, when Irakere made their belated American comeback at the Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl in 1996, some of their innovative edge was gone, replaced by overt attempts to get the crowd up on their collective feet. www.mp3.com /albums/159717/summary.html   (363 words)

Chekere-Son - Irakere: Available at www.tunes.co.uk, the dance specialists Irakere created a sound that mixed Jazz, european traditional music, Rock, Funk and the rythmic Cuban traditions -which would be enriched later on with Afro-Cuban and Electronica influences. In the U.S.A., Irakere became a model for the developement of new musical fusions. The impact that the band had in the NY scene with their live performance of that year in the Newport Jazz Festival was an ultimate event in the history of Jazz. www.tunes.co.uk /tunes/featured/8329.htm   (160 words)

Jesus "Chucho" Valdes, Chucho Valdés Featuring Irakere: Latin Jazz Founders - DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Valdes and his associates, you are able to get a extremely detailed picture of the birth and evolution of the now legendary institution of Irakere, Cuba’s foremost Latin Jazz group. Formed in 1973, but with roots that began ten years prior, Irakere’s sound was heavily influenced by Yoruban folklore -- utilizing batá and other types of percussion not typically used in jazz prior. The brilliant pianist Jesus "Chucho" Valdes, the son of legendary Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, founded in 1973 Irakere, named for an Yoruba word meaning "forest" or "jungle." The band produced several major headliners over the years, notably trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera. www.descarga.com /cgi-bin/db/21032.20?szYi9PUS;;185   (447 words)

CD Review: Irakere - Bacalao Con Pan @ Blogcritics.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Irakere is a group of Cuban jazz veterans who formed to develop musical ideas with total freedom. According to the liner notes, "The word Irakere means both vegetation and whip in the African Yoruba language." That's not much of an explanation for me as to why the band chose the name but I guess it sounds cooler on the island. Irakere Bacalao Con Pan is a good look at these pioneers of modern Cuban jazz, a solid band that has its high points and a CD that I wouldn't mind playing a few more times in the future. blogcritics.org /archives/2006/03/21/075612.php   (1546 words)

Irakere : Yemaya - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect The sudden breakout of Chucho Valdés as a solo artist in North America in 1998 was no doubt the leverage behind the new billing of his band, "Irakere featuring Chucho Valdés," and the large amount of exposure that his piano fireworks get here. The band sometimes doesn't sound all that electrified by the prospect, though ultimately they do take us on a wide-ranging tour of acoustic and electric Latin jazz idioms and grooves. Though Yemayá has its big moments, Valdés seems to have saved his most heated inspirations of the late '90s for his own solo work. www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,380126,00.html   (314 words)

Chucho Valdés 99 - pianista; conducta de vida - TT: Chucho Valdés 99 - TA: pianist; conduct of life Latin Beat ... When it was mentioned in Cuba during the '50s, two musicians came to mind, Vicentico Valdés or Bebo Valdés, the two most popular Valdés in Cuba at the time. All contain high quality music, but the tracks Tumbao, Danzón Para Sylvia and Tunes A Coy, recorded October 17, 1996, at the Bronx's Hostos Center For The Arts and Culture, are the ones Cuban music aficionados bare been raving about. When Irakere returns to Cuba, the quartet will leave for Israel, Puerto Rico, then to Los Angeles on June 12th to participate in the Playboy Jazz Festival. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_5_9/ai_54968567   (921 words)

♫ Crazy Beat Records -Irakere From our shop in the UK we specialise in affordable Irakere music, we sell Irakere 45’s and we are one of the cheapest UK Irakere stores supplying the latest Irakere CD vinyl music in the UK. We can offer several Irakere deals that are available to you from a Irakere CD album to a Irakere vinyl album. With every latest Irakere product our Irakere team (uk) and music at Crazy Beat Records Irakere UK take the time to listen to you and find what is the best Irakere artist for you. www.crazybeat.co.uk /Irakere.htm   (518 words)

Irakere - Music Downloads - Online Bio: Many of the top Cuban jazz musicians have played in Irakere during the past several decades, including altoist Paquito D'Rivera and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (before both individually defected). Pianist Chucho Valdes has been the orchestra's longtime leader, and its music ranges from Latin jazz and bop to Cuban folk melodies, with an emphasis on infectious rhythms and advanced improvisations. Several of Irakere's records have been made available domestically (including sets for Columbia and Jazz House), but the exciting band was not able to visit the United States until 1996. musicstore.connect.com /artist/101/824/8/1018248.html   (101 words)

QA: A Conversation With Orlando Maraca Valle OV: Well from Irakere I took the very same thing relatively speaking, that I got from both Emiliano and Bobby. For example in the case of Irakere, I got to experience how the music business functioned internationally, and where Cuban music as a whole fit in that arena. I believe that Irakere was one of the greatest schools and the proof is that I continued experimenting even after leaving the band. www.jazzconclave.com /i-room/maraca.htm   (2232 words)

Irakere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irakere (Yoruba for "vegetation") is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés in 1973 that won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980 with its album Irakere. Its members included flutist José Luis Cortés who later founded NG La Banda, percussionist Anga Díaz who later went to France, saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera who left Irakere and Cuba in 1980 during a tour in Spain before moving to the United States. Irakere's song "Aguanile" was featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irakere   (161 words)

Los Van Van, Irakere - PopMatters Music Review Meanwhile, Irakere puts an even jazzier spin on Cuban music. Led by pianist Jesus 'Chucho' Valdes, Irakere's sound has rock influence to be sure, but its primary reference point is bebop. Beginning with the rural form guajira and moving through son, bolero, and the mambo of Cuba's greatest bandleader, Beny More, this release covers the essential bases and convincing shows the stylistic variety of Cuban music. www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/spotlight/spotlight-cubanmusic.shtml   (415 words)

Music. La Bijirita. SoyCubano Havana born-based pianist Chucho Valdés founded Irakere in 1973, backed by an impressive line-up fusing in a unique way, Jazz with the afrocuban chants, drums and creeds, competing rock, classical feelings, and more than two-hundred Latin American and Caribbean rhythms. The milestones of Irakere can be found in La Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, a legendary Big Band that grouped the finest soloists of the moment and Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC. About Irakere repertoire, it has been a fruitful combination of jazz groovings, rhythm and blues, gospel, the classical piano of Lecuona, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Ravel Mozart symphonies plus dancing versions taken from Arsenio Rodríguez Conjunto vintage, Chapottin, Lili Martínez, Peruchín, Jorrín, Claire Fischer, Benny Moré and other universal classics. www.soycubano.com /bijirita/musica/irakerei.asp   (372 words)

NPR : Irakere: 'The Best of Irakere' Irakere was formed in Havana, Cuba in the late 1960s by the masterful pianist Jesus Chucho Valdés. SPELLMAN: They were firmly unified in their conception of a music that extended the idea of a Latin jazz far beyond anything that we had heard before. All eleven of these cats in the original Irakere could play. www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4541609&sourceCode=RSS   (416 words)

Irakere [CBS]: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Irakere [CBS]: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more The most audacious number is the 17 1/2-minute "Black Mass," which unleashes Valdes' staggering classical piano technique, knockabout rock guitar, Cuban chanting, high-wire brass, and lots of drums without somehow losing its train of thought. All but one of these tracks were reissued on CD as part of The Best of Irakere ; admittedly, the LP's raucous sound is a bit more exciting than the cleaned-up CD. www.music.com /release/irakere/2   (374 words)

Irakere - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Led by ace pianist Jesús "Chucho" Valdés, Irakere is a Cuban band that... The biggest names in music, including Mary J. Blige, Katharine McPhee, John Legend and more perform for the kids to benefit the JCPenney Afterschool Fund. Download, listen and watch Irakere music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music. music.aol.com /artist/irakere/3301/main   (163 words)

Moja el Pan by Irakere: Song Music Downloads   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Moja el Pan" on album Pare Cochero. Check the albums tab for other downloads from Irakere. Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Moja el Pan" on album Pare Cochero. www.mp3.com /tracks/3238097/dl_streams.html   (101 words)

Chucho Valdés The legendary Chucho Valdés is the founder and leader of Irakere, one of Cuba's top Jazz groups, and more recently of Crisol with US trumpeter Roy Hargrove. This is the second time Chucho has received this prestigious award, the first one in 1978 with his band Irakere, for their disk Live at Newport. Y nadie mejor que él entre los músicos cubanos para confirmarlo, pues con su grupo Irakere fue el primero que logró, en 1979, alcanzar ese galardón, "el máximo de la discografía". www.afrocubaweb.com /chucho.htm   (721 words)

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