Genre: Latin
Original Release: 1/26/1999
1. Yemaya
7:27
2. Mister Bruce
9:47
3. Santa Amalia
13:01
4. San Francisco
4:12
5. Son Montuno
6:00
6. Chorrino
6:55
7. Explosion
8:15
The sudden breakout of Chucho Valdés as a solo artist in North America in 1998 was no doubt the leverage behind the new billing of his band, "Irakere featuring Chucho Valdés," and the large amount of exposure that his piano fireworks get here. The band sometimes doesn't sound all that electrified by the prospect, though ultimately they do take us on a wide-ranging tour of acoustic and electric Latin jazz idioms and grooves. "Mister Bruce" most emphatically features the leader, a tour de force for Valdes Read More
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