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Manuel Valera

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Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Manuel Valera is in the forefront of contemporary modern jazz. He represents the next generation of great performers and composers. His sound is fresh, inviting and evocative, and his goal is to forge innovative sounds that bring a vitality and newness to the idioms of jazz and Latin jazz. He is constantly workshopping musical ideas to develop new composition and arranging techniques that bring together Cuban, Puerto Rican, Brazilian and various jazz styles and forms. His musical training started at an early age at Havana’s Manuel Saumell Conservatory where he originally studied classical saxophone

Album

Vibrations

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Vibrations Intro; Vibrations; Beets; Stu's Blues; Pure Intentions; 2019; When Breath Becomes Air; Bass Solo; Beginning And End; Different Realities; Summertime

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The Thousandth Scholar

Label: Redefinition Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: She That Steps in Bull's Blood; Felipe Jacinto; Folk Song; Invernal; Ray's Tune; Children Song #10; Sam from Brooklyn; Skain's Blues.

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News: Music Industry

Charles Carlini Presents Partners With Klavierhaus To Bring Live HD Streaming Events To Audiences Worldwide

Charles Carlini Presents Partners With Klavierhaus To Bring Live HD Streaming Events To Audiences Worldwide

Charles Carlini Presents is excited to announce its partnership with Klavierhaus, a premier piano atelier located at 790 11th Avenue, New York, NY 10019, to bring high-definition live streaming of their exceptional events through Stellar, a first-class hybrid live event platform. This collaboration marks a significant step in expanding the reach of Charles Carlini Presents' captivating ...

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News: Recording

Stuart Mack's Debut, 'Vibrations' Profoundly Reflects On Humanity In Music

Stuart Mack's Debut, 'Vibrations' Profoundly Reflects On Humanity In Music

Award-winning trumpeter and composer Stuart Mack releases Vibrations, a salient debut reflecting on the profoundly unifying and distinctly human nature of music Stuart Mack is a trumpeter and composer based in New York who is rapidly rising through the ranks of top-tier musicians. At a point in life where many people would just be starting their ...

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Article: Album Review

Reggie Quinerly: The Thousandth Scholar

Read "The Thousandth Scholar" reviewed by Chris May


The Thousandth Scholar is Los Angeles-based drummer and composer Reggie Quinerly's fifth album, each out on his Redefinition label. Quinerly themes his albums. His debut was Music Inspired By Freedmantown (2012), a tribute to the Houston neighborhood where he was born and raised. It was followed by Invictus (2015), a salute to hard bop, Words In ...

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Article: Liner Notes

Brian Lynch: Con Clave Vol.2

Read "Brian Lynch: Con Clave Vol.2" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


The jazz musician's road to success and sustainability is a rocky one, marked with more than its share of ups and downs. Becoming the norm as of late, those with the strongest staying power have increased their flexibility by becoming more diverse in their efforts. The affect is thus twofold-providing an income to pay the rent, ...

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Time Flies

Label: Wounded Bird Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Emergence; Tempus Fugue-It; Time Flies; Darn That Dream; Un Poco Loco; Self Portrait; Inception; Choreography In Six; No Qualm; Ugly Beauty; What Is This Thing Called Love?; Erdnase; One Down One Up; A Prayer For The Generations (Parts 1 - 8).

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Vessel

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2023
Track listing: Blues For Kenny K; First Day; Pablo; Sunset; Garzonian; Alma; Crisis; Remembrance; Chance; Mr Henderson.

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Bassist / Composer Jakob Dreyer

Read "Take Five With Bassist / Composer Jakob Dreyer" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Jakob Dreyer Jakob Dreyer is a New York City based jazz musician, bassist, and composer. Born and raised in Germany he moved to New York in 2014. He appears on over 30 albums as a sideman, and as a leader he has released two albums on Fresh Sound New Talent: Songs, Hymns & Ballads Vol. ...


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