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Chucho Valdes: New Conceptions
A particularly thoughtless version of the standard "You Don't Know What Love Is," played with a gut-busting fortissimo, shows Valdes might never have considered what the original song lyrics meant. Valdes loves pounding melodrama a bit too often for my taste, and his penchant for playing thirty notes when twelve might do wears thin quickly. A fresh new concept would be a solo album of restrained ballads, something with no "pedal to metal" – literally, or metaphorically.
Track Listing
La Comparsa, You Don't Know What Love Is, Los Guiros, Nanu, Solar, Sin Clave Pero Con Swing, Homenaje A Ellington
Personnel
Chucho Valdes
pianoChucho Valdes--piano; Yaroldy Abrue Robles--congero, drums, shekere; Lazaro Rivero Alcaron-- bass; Ramses Rodriquez Baralt--trap drums. guests: Maylin Sevila Brizuela--cello; Jacinto JoaquinOlviero Gavilan--flute; Ramon Filin O'Reilly--alto saxophone; Irving Luichel Acao Tierra-- tenor saxophone
Album information
Title: New Conceptions | Year Released: 2003 | Record Label: Blue Note Records
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