Track Listing

1. Valle De Picadura
2. Romance (Juegos Prohibidos)
3. Aguanile Bonko
4. La Semilla
5. Calzada Del Cerro
6. Santiaguera
7. Bailando Asi
8. Siete Tazas De Cafe
9. Taka Takata
10. Este Camino Largo
11. Bacalao Con Pan
12. Rucu Rucu A Santa Clara
13. La Verdad

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #206967 in Music
• Released on: 2006-04-04
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Amazon.com
In the early '70s, a superband called Irakere emerged in Cuba. Taking its name from the Yoruban word for "forest," the group featured keyboardist/leader Chucho Valdes, saxophonists Paquito D'Rivera and Carlos Averhoff, trumpeters Jorge Varona and Arturo Sandoval, and bassist Oscar Valdes, to name a few. This installment of the Cuban Essential series is a 13-track compilation, featuring rare tracks from 1974 to 1986. With Valdes' impossible pianisms leading the way, this disc offers an excellent sonic snapshot of this ensemble's festive hybrid of Afro-Cuban rhythms, jazz, rock, and R&B. They take the danzon to new electric heights on "Valle De Picadura," and "Santiaguera" is a pulsating preview of the timba beat. The live cut "Aguanile Bonko" swings with some bluesy Earth, Wind & Fire-type hornlines, while "Este Camino Largo" showcases an intimate piano/sax duo. This disc proves that there were other revolutionary things going in that little island. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews

A must have
This CD introduces what this group was set out to be--a trendsetter for the time when this kind of music was surfacing. An all-star band displaying the genuine talents of Afro-Cuban soul music. Before Joe Bataan, Santana and many of the late pioneers, Irakere had developed an original sound had created a movement within its time. Bacalao Con Pan is a must have!

Irakere Bacalao con pan
This is music for people who likes different style of music , and not stuff you here only the radio...