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Manuel Valera New Cuban Express at The Side Door Jazz Club
Courtesy of Janm | Posted on February 4, 2014
Where
The Side Door Jazz Club
85 Lyme St
Old Lyme, CT
Map
(860) 434-2600
When
Fri, April 11, 2014
7:30 pm
Save the date
Musicians
Manuel Valera
pianoYosvany Terry
saxophoneTom Guarna
guitar, electricJohn Benitez
bassMauricio Herrera
percussionEric Doob
drumsAbout
Manuel Valera and New Cuban Express – Friday April 11th – Doors open 7:30pm for cocktails, Show 8:30pm* www.thesidedoorjazz.com
After flirting with Latin rhythms within a modern post-bop context on his five previous releases, the brilliant Cuban-born pianist and composer Manuel Valera has put together the album of a lifetime. That recording, New Cuban Express, was nominated for the 2013 Grammy Awards.
As a follow-up to 2009’s trio recording, Currents, a savvy collection of jazz standards and originals, Valera has dipped into his own Afro-Cuban roots on his superb new release, New Cuban Express. Accompanied by fellow Cuban musician Yosvany Terry on alto sax, Tom Guarna on guitar, John Benitez on electric bass, Eric Doob on drums and Mauricio Herrera on percussion, Valera and his empathetic crew summon up percolating polyrhythmic grooves on this outstanding clave-fueled outing....