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Armando Mi Conga
Irving Flores
Label: Amor de Flores Productions
Released: 2025
Duration: 01:02:00
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Tracks
Armando Mi Conga; Gary En Nanchital; With Amanda en Favignana; Tramonto A Massa Lubrense; Music en La Calle; Samba Con Sabor; Recuerdos; Dana Point; With Amanda en Favignana (Solo Piano).
Personnel
Irving Flores
piano
Giovanni Hidalgo
congas
John Benitez
bass
Brian Lynch
trumpet
Norbert Stachel
saxophoneAdditional Personnel / Information
Giovanni Hidalgo: congas (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8); Brian Lynch: trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 3, 8); Norbert Stachel: tenor Sax (track 1), clarinet (track 2), flute (track 6), baritone sax (track 8).
Album Description
“Armando Mi Conga,” showcases Irving's mastery in Afro-Cuban Jazz through nine new tunes. Recorded live and in person, this album captures the dynamic essence of a performance with some of New York and the world’s finest jazz legends. A compilation of 8 original tunes with a bonus track, this album takes you on a thrilling ride through different eras of el Maestro’s life. Born in Veracruz, raised in the Gulf of Mexico, Flores was immersed in the Afro-Cuban rhythms. Dancing in the kitchen with his grandmother to her collection of danzón records, Flores constantly breathed in the sounds of Cuba. His father, founder of the Tampico Orchestra and leader of his own big band, toured the U.S., Central and South America. Flores’s childhood toys were instruments from his father’s trips abroad, his books and the charts his father would bring home from his global musical tours. Living in a tropical climate, his first instrument was the organ and soon he would play the alto sax alongside his father and his project- the Irving Flores Super Combo band. At 16, he left for Mexico City to begin a life long journey that would ultimately lead him to the U.S. to pursue his own music. In Mexico City, he attended the Music Conservatory, studied under the greatest of mentors, performed in famous ballrooms like Salon Colonia, appeared in concert at the majestic Bellas Artes, and eventually toured the world. This album is a culmination of years of wisdom and experience, of sacrifice, dedication, discipline. Of love, of loss, blood, sweat, tears, and rebirth.
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- Armando Mi Conga by Bridget A. Arnwine
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