The Best Of Irakere [FLAC] TQMP

The Best of Irakere (1994)
Columbia Jazz Contemporary Masters
(Digitally remastered from the original analog masters)
Irakere is the world's greatest and most influential Afro-Cuban Jazz band ever.
Amazon.com Review
The great Cuban band Irakere has been underrecognized only because the United States' trade embargo on Cuba kept the mainstream jazz audience unaware of their existence until 1977. Members of Cuba's reigning big band, the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, formed Irakere in 1971. The new group's leaders were virtuosic pianist Chucho Valdes, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and saxophonist Paquito d'Rivera. After the '77 diplomatic thaw, the band played a U.S. tour and signed with Columbia records. The material here is from the Columbia period, the bulk of which was recorded live in New York in 1979. The band's ability to play complex jazz arrangements with salsa rhythms is a revelation. --John Swenson
History of Irakere
http://www.timba.com/artists/egrem/index.asp?Page=ira-disc.htm
The Best of Irakere
Personnel:
Paquito D'Rivera, saxophones
Carlos Averhoff, saxophones, flute
Chucho Valdes, piano
Carlos Emilio Morales, guitar
Carlos del Puerto, bass
Enrique Pla, drums
Arturo Sandoval, trumpet
Jorge Varona, trumpet
Jorge 'El Nino' Alfonso, percussion
Armando Cuervo, percussion
Oscar Valdes, vocals
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