Grupo Irakere LP Cuban Import Chucho Valdes Paquito D'Rivera Carlos Averhoff
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Grupo Irakere LP Cuban Import Chucho Valdes Paquito D'Rivera Carlos Averhoff This is the best of the best of Cuban Musician a ground breaking recording .....Essencial The excitement on this record is tangible from the electric wah wah guitar then Bata drums and horns.... exciting Chucho know for his piano work kills the Organ
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 Recordingin 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.
- Alto Saxophone – Carlos Emilio Morales, Paquito D'Rivera
- Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Paquito D'Rivera
- Bass, Tuba – Carlos del Puerto
- Congas [Tumba] – Jorge Alfonso, Oscar Valdés
- Directed By, Arranged By, Piano, Organ – Chucho Valdés
- Drums – Bernardo García
- Flute – Carlos Averhoff, Paquito D'Rivera
- Guiro, Shekere, Tambourine – Carlos Barbón
- Guitar – Carlos Emilio Morales
- Percussion – Bernardo García, Carlos Barbón, Jorge Alfonso, Jorge Varona, Oscar Valdés
- Soprano Saxophone – Carlos Averhoff, Paquito D'Rivera
- Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Carlos Averhoff
- Timbales [Paila], Bongos, Vocals – Oscar Valdés
- Trumpet, Valve Trombone – Jorge Varona
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