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Self Portrait
Label: Mavo Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Spiral; Very Early; Solamente Una Vez; Impromptu No. 1 For George Gershwin);
Hallucinations; Water; Impromptu No. 2 For Erik Satie; Ask Me Now; Las PerlasDe Tu
Boca; Improvisation; Hope; Impromptu No. 3 For Nicolas Slonimsky; Blues.
Manuel Valera Sr.: Recuerdos
by Ernest Barteldes
Recuerdos might translate as “Remembrances," but save for maybe a track or two, this album is clearly not about nostalgia--it is a contemporary Latin jazz album filled with inspired moments--among these “Solitude," a tune in which veteran saxophonist Manuel Valeras, Sr. and his son (pianist Manuel Valera) share a close duet. “Si La Comprienderas" opens the ...
Manuel Valera Sr.: Recuerdos
by Dan Bilawsky
There's quite a bit of Cuban music history in Manuel Valera Sr.'s fingertips. Over the course of his career, he's put his saxophone to good use in the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, Mario Bauza's Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Machito's Orchestra, Paquito D'Rivera's Big Band, and numerous other groups; he's played alongside bassist Israel “Cachao" Lopez, ...
Manuel Valera: Self Portrait
by Dan McClenaghan
On Self Portrait, Grammy-nominated pianist Manuel Valera's first solo piano outing, the artist displays a supple and exquisite touch on his instrument, reflecting the erudition and precision of his classical background. This is worth saying right off because Valera is best known for his vivacious Latin jazz ensemble outings, New Cuban Express (Mavo Records, 2012) and ...
Manuel Valera: Self Portrait
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Manuel Valera's New Cuban Express has pulled into the station for a pit stop, his band mates have stepped off the train to stretch their legs, and the conductor of said locomotive is now left to ponder his own existence in front of his controls. Such is the story that could be told to detail ...
Expectativas
Label: Mavo Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Chamber Timba; Expectativas; Perception; Chennai Express (For S.A.M.);
Intro To Isabelita; Isabelita; Jben Timbus (For John Benitez); La
Gloria Eres Tu; En Cinco; Open Window; Descarga Para Frank Emilio; Las
Americas.
Manuel Valera & New Cuban Express: Expectativas
by Edward Blanco
A follow up to pianist Manuel Valera's 2013 Grammy--nominated New Cuban Express, his seventh album as leader, Expectativas continues the melding of Afro-Cuban rhythms with the modern fusion jazz sound fusing the two into a new form of jazz best described as “modern Latin fusion." Consisting of eleven originals and one cover, the project is a ...
New Cuban Express
Label: Mavo Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: New Cuban Express; Intro To Upwards; Upwards; Choices; Me Faltabas Tu; Regards; Poly; Intro To Gismonteando; Gismonteando; Interlude; Cinco Contra Tres; Danzon; Makuta.
Manuel Valera: New Cuban Express
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Manuel Valera has been liberally mixing and melding Cuban forms with modern jazz ideals since his first record--Forma Nueva (Mavo Music, 2004)--put him on the map, but his methods have changed and evolved. He expanded his aural framework by working a woodwind quintet into the musical fabric of Vientos (Anzic Records, 2007), which showed glimpses ...
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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