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MANUEL VALERA

CURRENTS

  • “He leaves no doubt that he's destined to play a role in the future of jazz.   Valera shows a keen jazz vocabulary, a gift for creating grooves that invite stellar solo flights from his collaborators and the nerve to romance a melody when it suits him.” - Billboard Magazine


  • Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Manuel Valera is at the forefront of contemporary modern jazz.   He represents the next generation of great performers and composers.   On his new MAXJAZZ release, “Currents,” his sound is fresh, inviting and evocative, and his musical ideas bring a vitality and newness to the idioms of jazz and Latin jazz.   Joining Valera on this date is bassist James Genus and drummer Ernesto Simpson.

    “Currents,” features five original compositions as well as a number of standards by the likes of Cahn, Gershwin and Berlin.


    Manuel Valera piano & keyboard
    James Genus acoustic & electric bass
    Ernesto Simpson drums

    TRACK LISTING
    01. Numerico     6:09
          Manuel Valera
    02. How Deep Is the Ocean     6:21
          Irving Berlin
    03. Balada Para Isabel     5:43
          Manuel Valera
    04. We See     6:33
          Thelonious Monk
    05. I Fall in Love Too Easily     6:40
          Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
    06. Ode to Kenny (Dedicated to Kenny Kirkland)     4:36
          Manuel Valera
    07. Dienda     4:10
          Kenny Kirkland
    08. Hindsight     5:34
          Manuel Valera
    09. I Loves You Porgy     5:37
          George & Ira Gershwin / Dubose Heyward
    10. Currents     4:46
          Manuel Valera

          Total Length: 56:21


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