Irakere

Irakere is one of Cuba’s most influential bands. Founded in 1973, Irakere created a sound that mixed jazz, European traditional music, rock, funk with the rhythmic Cuban tradition, enriched with Afro-Cuban and electronic influences. Many of the best Cuban musicians have played in the band during the past decades, such as Chucho Valdés, Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Carlos Averhoff, Jorge Varona, Germán Velazco, Enrique Plá, Carlos Emilio Morales, Carlos del Puerto and Jorge Alfonso.

Irakere - Irakere

Label: Columbia - JC 35655, Columbia - 35655

Format: Vinyl, LP, Gatefold

Country: US

Released: 1979

Genre: Jazz, Latin

Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Fusion

Tracklist

A1Juana Mil Ciento

A2Ilya

A3Adagio

B1Misa Negra (The Black Mass)

B2Aguanile

Credits

Bass - Carlos del Puerto

Drums - Enrique Plá

Electric Guitar - Carlos Emilio Morales

Percussion - Armando Cuervo, Jorge Alfonso, Oscar Valdés

Piano - Chucho Valdés

Producer - Bert DeCoteaux, Mike Berniker

Saxophone - Carlos Averhoff, Paquito D'Rivera

Trumpet - Arturo Sandoval, Jorge Varona

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Irakere (faux-Yoruba for 'forest') is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés (son of Bebo Valdés) in 1973. They won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980 with their album Irakere. Irakere was a seminal musical laboratory, where historic innovations in both Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban popular dance music were created. The group used a wide array of percussion instruments like batá, abakuá and arará drums, chequerés, erikundis, maracas, claves, cencerros, bongó, tumbadoras (congas), and güiro.

Irakere - Tierra En Trance

Label: Areito - LD-4224

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: Cuba

Released: 1985

Genre: Jazz, Latin

Style: Afro-Cuban Jazz

Tracklist

A1Las Margaritas

A2Palia

A3A Chano Pozo

B1Estela Va A Estallar

B2Tierra En Trance

Credits

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone - German Velazco

Drums - Enrique Pla

Electric Guitar – Carlos E. Morales

Flute, Baritone Saxophone – Jose L. Cortes

Percussion [Percusion Cubana] - Jorge Alfonso

Percussion [Percusion Cubana], Vocals - Oscar Valdes

Piano, Keyboards, Directed By, Orchestrated By - Jesus (Chucho) Valdes

Producer - Reynaldo Fernández Pavón

Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Carlos F. Averhoff

Trumpet – José M. Crego, Juan Munguia

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