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Chucho Valdes - Jazz Batá 2 (2018) [Official Digital Download]

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Chucho Valdes - Jazz Batá 2 (2018) [Official Digital Download]

Chucho Valdes - Jazz Batá 2 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Time - 56:02 minutes | 605 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

'Jazz Batá 2', Cuban composer, pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdés' first album for Mack Avenue Records, marks a new peak of creativity for the artist, even as it revisits the small-group concept of his 1972 album 'Jazz Batá'.

That album upon release was originally considered experimental at the time, but the trio project - featuring no drum set and two virtuosi who would subsequently be charter members of Irakere: Carlos del Puerto (bass) and Oscar Valdés (batâ: the sacred, hourglass shaped drums of the Yoruba religion in Cuba) - would now be considered contemporary.

Recorded in two and a half days at John Lee's studio in New Jersey, 'Jazz Batá 2' is both rhythmic and lyrical at once. The six-hand complexity of the batá repertoire - the deep classical music of West Africa - permeates Valdés' piano solos throughout the album. "I applied to my solos the different rhythms of the batá," he says. "The piano is of course a harmonic instrument, but it's percussive too, and you can play percussion with it."

It's an exceptionally tight band. All of the three supporting musicians - Yaroldy Abreu Robles, Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé, and Yelsy Heredia - are from the Guantánamo region and have deep roots in Cuban musical culture as well as being conservatory-trained. Yaroldy, who plays a wide variety of drums - congas, batá, bongó, orchestral percussion - has been working with Valdés for twenty years. "He always knows what I'm going to want to do," says Valdés.

Tracklist:
1. Obatalá
2. Son Xxi
3. Luces
4. Ochún
5. Chucho's Mood
6. 100 Años De Bebo
7. El Guije
8. The Clown

Personnel:
Chucho Valdés: piano
Yelsy Heredia: bass
Dreiser Darruthy Bombale: batas
Yaroldy Abreu Robles: percussion
Regina Carter: violin

foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2018-11-16 09:29:01

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Analyzed: Chucho Valdes / Jazz Batá 2
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.30 dB -16.13 dB 12:54 01-Obatala
DR10 -1.30 dB -12.56 dB 7:35 02-Son Xxi
DR10 -1.30 dB -12.78 dB 4:53 03-Luces
DR10 -1.30 dB -13.20 dB 6:13 04-Ochun
DR10 -1.30 dB -12.89 dB 7:13 05-Chucho's Mood
DR9 -1.30 dB -12.09 dB 6:56 06-100 Anos De Bebo
DR10 -1.30 dB -13.59 dB 4:11 07-El Guije
DR11 -1.30 dB -16.13 dB 6:10 08-The Clown
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1275 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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