Chucho's steps / Chucho Valdés & the Afro-Cuban Messengers.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Valdés, Chucho, composer, instrumentalist.

Contributor:

Rojas Castro, Juan Carlos, instrumentalist.

Rivero, Lázaro, instrumentalist.

Abreu Robles, Yaroldy, instrumentalist.

Miyares Hernández, Carlos, 1980- instrumentalist.

Melián, Reynaldo, instrumentalist.

Afro-Cuban Messengers, instrumentalist.

Language:

English

Yoruba

Subjects (All):

Jazz--Cuba--2001-2010.

Jazz.

Latin jazz.

Cuba.

Genre:

Jazz

Latin jazz.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : 4Q, [2010]

Language Note:

Vocal selection sung in Yoruba, based on the traditional Yoruba song to Oya.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

audio file

CD audio

Contents:

Zawinul's mambo (11:21)

Danzón (9:07)

Both sides (8:54)

Begin to be good (5:12)

New Orleans (a tribute to the Marsalis family) (4:42)

Yansá (7:49)

Julián (7:52)

Chucho's steps (10:52).

Participant:

Chucho Valdés, piano ; Afro-Cuban Messengers (Juan Carlos Rojas Castro, drums ; Lázaro Rivero Alarcón, double bass ; Yaroldy Abreu Robles, percussion ; Carlos Miyares Hernández, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3, 5-8) ; Reynaldo Melián Álvarez, trumpet (tracks 1, 3-8)) ; with Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé, vocals, drums batá (track 6) ; Baira Fermina Ramirez, Yemi Menocal, Lázaro Rivero Alarcón, Yaroldy Abreu Robles, chorus (track 6).

Credits:

Producer, Chuco Valdés ; engineer, Orestes Ávila.

Notes:

Latin jazz from Cuba, in part with vocals.

Music, arrangements and direction by Chucho Valdés.

Title from container.

Recorded at Estudios Abdala in Havana, Cuba from Nov. 23-30, 2009.

Program notes by Leonardo Acosta and credits (12 pages) inserted in container.

OCLC:

648939882

Publisher Number:

00822545182320 gtin-14

822545182320

FQT-CD-1823 4Q