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Forma Nueva

Label: Mavo Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Metaphorically Speaking (M. Valera) 2. Forma Nueva (M. Valera) 3. Simplicity (M. Valera) 4. Displaced (M. Valera) 5. Drume Negrita (E. Negret) 6. Prey to Indulgence (M. Valera) 7. Abue (M. Valera) 8. Nebulism (M. Valera/M. Stahlhut) 9. Say It (Over and Over Again) (J. McHugh) 10. En Cinco (M. Valera) 11. Como NG (M. Valera) 12. Things Aren't What They Seem (M. Valera)

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Manuel Valera: Forma Nueva

Read "Forma Nueva" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


Pianist Manuel Valera reminds me of the popularity Sonny Rollins had among music critics at the beginning of his career. Like Valera, the saxophonist entered the jazz scene fully developed. Valera, however, might take issue with such an observation, although his own productions to date would argue against him in that regard. Of those, Forma Nueva, ...

Album

Forma Nueva

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Metaphorically Speaking; Forma Nueva; Simplicity; Displaced; Drume Negrita; Prey to Indulgence; Abue; Nebulism; Say It (Over and Over Again); En Cinco; Como NG; Things Aren't What They Seem

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Manuel Valera: Forma Nueva

Read "Forma Nueva" reviewed by John Kelman


In the liner notes to Manuel Valera’s debut group recording, Forma Nueva , writer Howard Mandel states that “Valera is no iconoclastic revolutionary, rather an innovative developmentalist.” And, true enough, Valera doesn’t break any rules, but he does bend them, finding new ways to incorporate his Cuban roots in ways that are clear but never overstated ...


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