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Chucho Vald?s: New Conceptions

Read "New Conceptions" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz

by Javier AQ Ortiz
December 15, 2003

Latin jazz’s premiere quartet issues yet another skillful interpretation of Ellingtoniana, straight-ahead jazz and blues tenets – as well as Afro-Cuban music – in a compact, exhilarating release. Jesïs “Chucho” Valdïs is at what might be the zenith of his career, as his chops ably attest. New Conceptions features the usual muscularity, intensity and intellectual reach ...

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Chucho Vald?s: New Conceptions

Read "New Conceptions" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
December 7, 2003

His quartet and guests give Chucho Valdïs an eclectic atmosphere through which he parades his enthusiasm for American jazz and traditional Cuban music. His heavy piano tirades provide the kind of strength that is needed when one pumps up the volume with Latin percussionists in abundance right and left. Soloists from Irakere share the spotlight this ...

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