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Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna / Chucho Valdes, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'rivera, Orlando 'Cachaito' Lopez, Jorge Varona, Juan Pablo Torres / Malanga Music Audio CD 2007 / MM810

UPC 8436019588109

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 Recording in 1980 with their album Irakere. Irakere was a seminal musical laboratory, where historic innovations in both Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban popular dance music were created. The group used a wide array of percussion instruments like batá, abakuá and arará drums, chequerés, erikundis, maracas, claves, cencerros, bongó, tumbadoras (congas), and güiro.

Label:	Malanga Music – MM810
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	Europe
Released:	2007
Genre:	Latin
Style:	Cubano, Afro-Cuban

Tracklist:

1		Cuba, Qué Linda Es Cuba Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Eduardo Saborit
2		Y Tú Qué Has Hecho Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Eusebio Delfín
3		El Niche Arranged By – Armando Romeu, Guillermo Barreto Written-By – Félix Reina
4		Me Siento Libre Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Raúl Gómez
5		La Comparsa Arranged By – Germán Pifferrer Written-By – Ernesto Lecuona
6		La Era Está Pariendo Un Corazón Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Silvio Rodríguez
7		Ay, Mama Inés Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Eliseo Grenet
8		Te Vas A Casar Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Armando Sequeira
9		El Ñame Con Bacalao Arranged By – Armando Romeu, Horacio Gonzalez Written-By – Horacio Gonzalez
10		De Mis Recuerdos Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Juan Formell
11		Las Perlas De Tu Boca Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Eliseo Grenet
12		Con La Mano Extendida Arranged By – Rafael Somavilla Written-By – Juan Almeida
13		Modo Cubano
14		Son De La Loma
15		Tema De Un Africano
16		Lágrimas Negras
17		Recordando El Blues
18		Almendra
19		Bufón
20		Porque Ya No Estás
21		Pastilla De Menta

Alto Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet – Rolando Sánchez
Alto Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Jésus Lam (Chino)
Alto Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet, Flugelhorn – Francisco Rivera (Paquito)
Alto Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet, Flute – Braulio Hernández (Babín), Julián Fellove
Bass – Carlos del Puerto, Orlando "Cachaíto" López
Bass Guitar – Fabián García
Conductor, Orchestrated By – Armando Romeu, Rafael Somavilla
Drum – Guillermo Barreto
Drums – Enrique Plá
Electric Guitar – Carlos Emilio Morales
Percussion – Oscar Valdés, Oscar Valdés (Padre), Roberto García
Piano, Organ – Jésus Valdés (Chucho)
Rhythm Guitar – José Jaurrieta
Timpani – Luis Aragú
Trombone – Antonio Leal, Juan Pablo Torres, Leopoldo "Pucho" Escalante, Modesto Echarte
Trumpet – Adalberto "Trompetica" Lara, Andres Castro, Arturo Sandoval, Jorge Varona, Leonardo Timor, Luis Escalante, Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal