Irakere
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.
History
"Jazz bands" began forming in Cuba as early as the 1920s. These bands often included both Cuban popular music and popular North American jazz, and show tunes in their repertoires. Despite this musical versatility, the movement of blending Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz was not strong in Cuba itself for decades. As Leonardo Acosta observes: "Afro-Cuban jazz developed simultaneously in New York and Havana, with the difference that in Cuba it was a silent and almost natural process, practically imperceptible" (2003: 59). Cuba's significant contribution to the genre came relatively late. However, when it did come, the Cubans exhibited a level of Cuban-jazz integration that went far beyond most of what had come before. The first Cuban band of this new wave was Irakere.
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Irakere
ALBUMS
- Chucho Valdés & Irakere II released: 2006
- Chucho Valdés & Irakere released: 2006
- Collection released: 2004
- Yemaya released: 1999
- Babalú Ayé released: 1998
- El Mundo Latino: The Very Best Of released: 1998
- Unforgettable Boleros released: 1996
- Grandes Momentos released: 1996
- Grupo Irakere Vol. III - Coleccion released: 1995
- En Vivo released: 1993
- Bailando Asi released: 1992
- Misa Negra released: 1991
- Live at Ronnie Scott's released: 1991
- Homenaje a Beny More released: 1989
- Cuba Libre released: 1980
- Irakere released: 1979
- Chekeré Son released: 1979
- The Legendary "Irakere" in London released:
- La colección cubana released:
- The Best of Irakere released:
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