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Vientos

By Manuel Valera

Label: Anzic Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Vientos; A la Interperie; So You Say; Danz

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Pianist Manuel Valera merges a classical woodwind quintet with his traditional jazz quartet on a whirlwind of original adventure and swing. His chamber jazz ambience has been influenced by classical composers such as Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky and Shostakovich but Valera has replaced the French horn from the classical idiom with a bass clarinet, giving a different ...

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Forma Nueva

By Manuel Valera

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

by Javier AQ Ortiz
June 11, 2005

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, ...

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Forma Nueva

By Manuel Valera

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

by John Kelman
June 20, 2004

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 ...