Alexey Leon - Influenciado (2021)
FLAC (Tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Official Digital Download | Time: 00:50:34
Latin Contemporary Jazz | One World Records | ~ 613 Mb
FLAC (Tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Official Digital Download | Time: 00:50:34
Latin Contemporary Jazz | One World Records | ~ 613 Mb
Alexey León is a Cuban-Russian saxophonist, flutist and composer. He was born in Manzanillo, Cuba and raised in Moscow, Russia. León won the prestigious Cuban Award “JoJazz 1st Prize” in 2017 and has three outstanding solo releases behind him: Cuba meets Russia (2015), Cuban Connection (2018) and Okudzhava For My Mother (2020). Influenciado is Alexey León’s fourth album.
Influenciado is a tribute to the Afro-Cuban jazz tradition and to the pioneers of Latin Jazz. This impetuous and dissonant jazz with an intense melody and a contemporary language has been inspired by classics, such as Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie, Julian Cannonball Adderley, McCoy Tyner, Chucho Valdés & Irakére and Paquito D’Rivera.
Due to its harmonic structure, “Influenciado”, the title track, recalls the world-renowned standard of maestro Chucho Valdés, “Mambo Influenciado”, which represents the crossbreeding of the Cuban jazz. Inspired by the Masters’ work, Alexey created an original composition, which preserves the structure of the minor blues, with nods to the “Mambo Influenciado” and some more dissonant harmonic changes.
To interpret this music, León is accompanied by a group of outstanding Cuban jazzmen. At the piano, Caramelo de Cuba (Celia Cruz, Dave Valentin, Paquito D’Rivera and many more). In the rhythm section, Georvis Pico, Pedro Pablo Rodríguez and Reinier Elizarde el Negrón (the trio completes the Chucho Valdés Quartet). The trumpet is masterly performed by multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winner Carlos Sarduy (Chucho Valdés, Irakére, Esperanza Spalding, Concha Buica, Richard Bona). The recordings also features one of the most renown Spanish drummers, Marc Miralta (Pat Metheny, Mark Turner, Avishai Cohen).
The album, deeply rooted in the Cuban musical tradition and the contemporary jazz, symbolizes Alexey’s evolution as a musician and as a human being, reflecting his constant search for personal and musical identity. The music on this tight and effortlessly performed album transmits exuberant energy of the two inexhaustible sources of inspiration: the Cuban music and jazz. It is a contemporary classic!
Alexey Leon - Influenciado (2021):
Tracklist:
01 - Dat Dere 05:25
02 - De la Habana a Moscu 07:00
03 - Influenciado 03:45
04 - La Ceiba (Intro) 00:59
05 - La Ceiba 05:09
06 - Kiev Station Blues 04:48
07 - Guarachando 06:24
08 - Ya Voy 07:36
09 - The Way you look tonight 05:58
10 - Noche de Carnaval 03:30
Alexey León: Saxophones & Flute
Carlos Sarduy: Trumpet
Javier Gutierrez “Caramelo de Cuba”: Piano
Reinier Elizarde el Negrón: Double Bass
Georvis Pico: Drums
Pedro Pablo Rodríguez: Percussion
Special Guest – Marc Miralta: Drums
foobar2000 1.4.3 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2022-05-04 17:57:02
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Analyzed: Alexey Leon / Influenciado
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.52 dB -15.25 dB 5:25 01-Dat Dere
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.27 dB 7:01 02-De la Habana a Moscu
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.31 dB 3:46 03-Influenciado
DR12 -0.52 dB -17.81 dB 0:59 04-La Ceiba (Intro)
DR13 -0.52 dB -14.81 dB 5:10 05-La Ceiba
DR15 -0.52 dB -18.17 dB 4:49 06-Kiev Station Blues
DR11 -0.52 dB -14.49 dB 6:25 07-Guarachando
DR14 -0.52 dB -16.39 dB 7:37 08-Ya Voy
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.12 dB 5:59 09-The Way you look tonight
DR12 -0.45 dB -14.09 dB 3:31 10-Noche de Carnaval
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1679 kbps
Codec: FLAC
log date: 2022-05-04 17:57:02
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Analyzed: Alexey Leon / Influenciado
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.52 dB -15.25 dB 5:25 01-Dat Dere
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.27 dB 7:01 02-De la Habana a Moscu
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.31 dB 3:46 03-Influenciado
DR12 -0.52 dB -17.81 dB 0:59 04-La Ceiba (Intro)
DR13 -0.52 dB -14.81 dB 5:10 05-La Ceiba
DR15 -0.52 dB -18.17 dB 4:49 06-Kiev Station Blues
DR11 -0.52 dB -14.49 dB 6:25 07-Guarachando
DR14 -0.52 dB -16.39 dB 7:37 08-Ya Voy
DR12 -0.54 dB -14.12 dB 5:59 09-The Way you look tonight
DR12 -0.45 dB -14.09 dB 3:31 10-Noche de Carnaval
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1679 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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