Jazz Plaza 2008 Festival Pay Homage to cuban percussionist Tata Guines
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- 02 / 16 / 2008
"On February 15 at midnight there was a concert at Amadeo Roldan theater to surrender tribute to the biggest symbol of modern percussion, to the peerless sound of Tata Guines", he added.
The gala was also devoted to Jose Luis Cortes (El Tosco), the director of the super-band NG La Banda, and will include seminars, mastery classes and talks.
These days of rhythm and celebration created by the French black musician Jelly Roll Morton attend a unique cast with names like that of the Brazilian pianist Tania Maria.
On this regard Valdes asserted: " Returns Tania Maria, the Brazilian who opened the international path of the festival back in the 1980s."
And he added: "the Spanish Martirio, a phenomenon in mixing blues, bolero and folk song; Javier Colina, an exceptional bassists also from that country; from Brazil, Joao Donato, composer, singer and pianist of many qualities; and an Argentinean with whom I have had very good tuning, the guitarist Luis Salinas, one of the best with whom Ive worked in the last years", he said.
"The festival will continue to fulfil two parallel objectives: to show the current state and perspectives of jazz among us and offer the public the chance to find foreign interpreters of high level", he explains. "The first thing is more than guaranteed; in the programming appear the best creators, either veteran as young. At the same time we will have brilliant visitors", said the president.
Regarding recordings Valdés who has made important contributions to this festival over the last 15 years leading the Organizing Committee, for his huge summoning power, he remembered the last event with his quartet was New Conceptions (Blue Note, 2005).
"Now the important thing is the next album, because well risk more as to make it a lot better, asserted."We are exploring new concepts, because we will never stop exploring the harmonic and rhythmic relationships between the piano and percussion in our format, neither investigating the chances of development of the Cuban music", he highlighted.
"For me, an ideal arrangement to experiment and support discoveries. With Yaroldi Abreu in the tumbadoras, Lazaro Rivero, El Fino, in the double bass and Juan Carlos Rojas, El Peje, in the drums, I have put together a good team. To my satisfaction, in these days my son Jessie has alternated in this last instrument. How will I surrender to routine with these musicians and a lot to come ahead of me?", concluded the famous pianist.
(www.cubasi.cu)
The gala was also devoted to Jose Luis Cortes (El Tosco), the director of the super-band NG La Banda, and will include seminars, mastery classes and talks.
These days of rhythm and celebration created by the French black musician Jelly Roll Morton attend a unique cast with names like that of the Brazilian pianist Tania Maria.
On this regard Valdes asserted: " Returns Tania Maria, the Brazilian who opened the international path of the festival back in the 1980s."
And he added: "the Spanish Martirio, a phenomenon in mixing blues, bolero and folk song; Javier Colina, an exceptional bassists also from that country; from Brazil, Joao Donato, composer, singer and pianist of many qualities; and an Argentinean with whom I have had very good tuning, the guitarist Luis Salinas, one of the best with whom Ive worked in the last years", he said.
"The festival will continue to fulfil two parallel objectives: to show the current state and perspectives of jazz among us and offer the public the chance to find foreign interpreters of high level", he explains. "The first thing is more than guaranteed; in the programming appear the best creators, either veteran as young. At the same time we will have brilliant visitors", said the president.
Regarding recordings Valdés who has made important contributions to this festival over the last 15 years leading the Organizing Committee, for his huge summoning power, he remembered the last event with his quartet was New Conceptions (Blue Note, 2005).
"Now the important thing is the next album, because well risk more as to make it a lot better, asserted."We are exploring new concepts, because we will never stop exploring the harmonic and rhythmic relationships between the piano and percussion in our format, neither investigating the chances of development of the Cuban music", he highlighted.
"For me, an ideal arrangement to experiment and support discoveries. With Yaroldi Abreu in the tumbadoras, Lazaro Rivero, El Fino, in the double bass and Juan Carlos Rojas, El Peje, in the drums, I have put together a good team. To my satisfaction, in these days my son Jessie has alternated in this last instrument. How will I surrender to routine with these musicians and a lot to come ahead of me?", concluded the famous pianist.
(www.cubasi.cu)
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