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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...
- of the
Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he
founded the
group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known
Latin jazz bands. Both his father, Bebo Valdés...
- 1970s,
Kenny Dorham and his
Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, and
later Irakere,
brought Afro-Cuban jazz into the
Cuban music scene,
influencing styles...
- saxophonist,
clarinetist and composer. He was a
member of the
Cuban songo band
Irakere and,
since the 1980s, he has
established himself as a
bandleader in the...
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Irakere &
Trabuco - En Vivo,
Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 14' 81 is a Vinyl-LP live
album released in 1982. The
Cuban band
Irakere of
Chucho Valdés and El...
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Irakere &
Trabuco - En Vivo,
Poliedro de Caracas, Mayo 15 '81 is a Vinyl-LP live
album released in 1982. The
Cuban band
Irakere of
Chucho Valdés and El...
- commonplace. The main
precursors of
timba are
three bands: Los Van Van,
Irakere (both in the 1970s) and NG La
Banda (1988),
though many
other bands (e...
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parallel modernization of
Cuban son was
being developed by Los Van Van,
Irakere, NG La Banda,
Charanga Habanera and
other artists in Cuba
under the name...
- Mike Finnegan,
Weather Report, and an
array of
Cuban artists such as
Irakere,
Pacho Alonso, Tata Güines and
Orquesta Aragón. His
performance is captured...
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parallel with
developments in Cuba The
first Cuban band of this new wave was
Irakere.
Their "Chékere-son" (1976)
introduced a
style of "Cubanized" bebop-flavored...
