Chucho Valdes - Briyumba Palo Congo (1999) [Irakere] torrent

On “Briyumba Palo Congo” (1998) Chucho Valdés, the Cuban keyboard man and co-founder of Irakere, comes roaring out of the jewel box again with a stupefying demonstration of piano technique and musical sense allied with a hot-as-sun Cuban rhythm team.

“Briyumba Palo Congo” spends a good deal of time commemorating the centenaries of the Gershwins and Duke Ellington, swirling together cuban secular dance rhythms and religious music with swing, bop, modal, and free jazz at a dizzying pace.


Chucho Valdés

Briyumba Palo Congo

1999



CD / 1999 / Blue Note / 320Kbps



Tracklist:

1. El Rumbón

2. Bolero (Ballad)

3. Caravan

4. Embraceable You

5. Ponle La Clave

6. Rhapsody In Blue

7. Briyumba Palo Congo (Religion of the Congo)



Recorded at Abadala Recording Studios, Havana, Cuba from November 15-23, 1998


Personnel:

Chucho Valdes (piano)

with

Mayra Caridad Valdes, Juan "Chan" Campo Cardenas (vocals)

Joaquin Olivero Gavilan (Cuban wooden flute)

Francisco Rubio Pampin (acoustic bass, background vocals)

Raul Pineda Roque (drums, background vocals)

Roberto Vizcaino Guillot (congas, bata drums, background vocals)

Haila Mompie Gonzalez (background vocals)



Chucho Valdés / Briyumba Palo Congo / 1999