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Irakere – Chekeré Son
Irakere
Chekeré Son
Style: Jazz
Label: Milestone
Catalog Number: M-9103
Released: 1982
We first came across this one on the great Lovefingers music blog… Chekeré Son is a must-have album from Afro-Cuban jazz legends Irakere (Yoruba for ‘forest’). One of the greatest Cuban jazz bands, the group was founded in 1973 by Chucho Valdés and pioneered an entirely new sound by mixing jazz, European traditional music, rock, and funk with the rhythmic Cuban tradition including a wide array of percussion instruments along with Afro-Cuban and electronic influences. The title track is a latin-fusion disco bomb inspired by Charlie Parker “Billie’s Bounce.” It is considered one of the first tracks to fuse clave with bebop horn lines.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Afro-Cuban / Latin Jazz / Lovefingers
Tracklist:
A1 Chekeré Son
A2 Quince Minutos
A3 La Semilla
B1 La Comparsa
B2 Camaguey
B3 Cha Cha Cha
Credits:
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute – Paquito D’Rivera
Bass, Bass Guitar [Guitar Bass], Tuba – Carlos del Puerto
Congas [Tumbadora], Bata [Batá Drums], Percussion – Jorge Alfonso
Congas [Tumbadora], Bata [Batá Drums], Timbales [Paila], Bongos, Percussion, Vocals – Oscar Valdés
Design – Hiron
Drums – Enrique Plá
Engineer – Sakae Sekine, Antonio Lopez*
Executive-Producer – Shoo Kaneko
Guitar, Alto Saxophone, Flugelhorn [Fliscorino] – Carlos Emilio Morales
Mixed By [Remix] – Sakae Sekine
Percussion [Cuban Percussion], Voice – Armando Cuervo
Photography By – Robert Salas*
Piano, Organ, Keyboards [Bass], Leader [Musical Director] – Chucho Valdés
Producer – Tadao Tokoro
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute – Carlos Averhoff
Trumpet, Valve Trombone, Percussion – Arturo Sandoval, Jorge Varona
