Chucho Valdes - Bele Bele en La Habana
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Artist: Chucho ValdesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-30
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- Son Montuno
- Lorraine
- But Not For Me (Pero No Para Mi)
- Con Poco Coco (Without Much Thought)
- El Cumbanchero (The Rumba Dancer)
- Tres Lindas Cubanas
- La Sitiera (The Small Farm)
- Los Caminos (The Pathways)
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Free Music Review: In a word - awesome
Hit: 5 Stars
I saw Chucho play live at Symphony Hall in Chicago about 3 years ago. Our seats were in the very last row, and the sound quality was just horrible...but I could hear enough to know that his group was really cooking. So I finally broke down and got "Bele Bele en La Habana", and wow, am I glad I did. Not only is the sound quality terrific (check out the bass drum kicks on La Sitiera), but the performances are just amazing. This is complex, incredible music, and has appeal that goes well beyond the confines of jazz and latin genres.
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His two decades of success as leader, main composer, and arranger of the supercharged Cuban jazz fusion group Irakere have often obscured the talents of Jesus "Chucho" Valdés as a pianist. Now Valdés seems ready, indeed eager, to take his playing center stage. Bele Bele en la Habana, recorded in Toronto early in 1998, features Valdés with a stripped-down quartet playing a program of originals and Cuban standards. It's an impressive show. With sure technique, Valdés seamlessly blends elements of jazz (postbop phrasing and rich harmonies reminiscent of Bill Evans), classical, and Afro-Cuban music. He offers high energy and lyricism ("Son Montuno"), an implacable groove ("Con Poco Coco," "La Sitiera," "But Not for Me"), and even a dash of melodrama now and then (the classic "Tres Lindas Cubanas"). Irakere might have lost their leader, but jazz has gained a superior pianist. --Fernando GonzalezInternational Music CDs
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