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Manuel Valera | Currents

29 Tuesday Sep 2009

Posted by Rob Young in Latin Jazz, Modern Jazz

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Greeting’s my fellow music aficionados, you say that you dig Latin Jazz?? … then do your ears a favor and feed your ongoing taste for this amazing style of music and discover and incredible voice of Afro-Cuban pianist Manuel Valera and his latest “Currents. Available on October, 6th from MAXJAZZ.” ~ The Urban Flux

Manuel Valera | Currents – [MAXJAZZ, 2009]

“He leaves no doubt that he’s destined to play a role in the future of jazz. Valera shows a keen jazz vocabulary, a gift for creating grooves that invite stellar solo flights from his collaborators and the nerve to romance a melody when it suits him.” —Billboard Magazine

Manuel Valera, Currents

Manuel Valera, Currents

Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Manuel Valera is at the forefront of contemporary modern jazz. He represents the next generation of great performers and composers. On his new MAXJAZZ release, “Currents,” his sound is fresh, inviting and evocative, and his musical ideas bring a vitality and newness to the idioms of jazz and Latin jazz.

Joining Valera on this date is bassist James Genus and drummer Ernesto Simpson. “Currents” features five original compositions as well as a number of standards by the likes of Monk, Gershwin and Berlin.

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Guitarist, Vocalist, and Composer Clay Ross Celebrates the Release of His New Album Matuto

29 Tuesday Sep 2009

Posted by Rob Young in Brazilian Jazz, New Music, Nu-Voices

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Guitar, Poetry, Vocals

Guitarist Clay Ross not only celebrates the coming of his latest album “Matuto” but he also takes the blending musical genres into a place many of us might not traveled before. Perhaps, it’s time to explore a unique and distinctive new voice in music! Be sure and check out the video and be blown away!~ The Urban Flux

Celebrates the Release of His New Album Matuto With Two Evenings of Brazilian Carnaval Meets Appalachia in NYC at NUBLU on October 15th and at RODEO BAR on October 20th.

Clay Ross

Clay Ross

“Clay Ross thinks like a poet, writes like a novelist, and plays the guitar like a master.” – Jambase

Matuto (ma-two-toe) is Brazilian slang for country bumpkin. Imagine the sound of a Brazilian Carnaval in the Appalachian Mountains. A sound where exotic percussion instruments rumble beneath blues drenched vocals, Telecaster twangs, and folksy fiddle tunes. Now, imagine these sounds in the hands of some of NYC’s finest young improvisers as they light up club and festival stages world wide.

On his Ropeadope debut, Matuto, Clay Ross offers us a peek into his diverse and dynamic musical world. Composer, singer-songwriter, and producer, this South Carolina native has become an in-demand guitarist on the NYC jazz, world, and roots music scenes. In the last four years, Ross has submerged himself in Brazilian music as a member of Cyro Baptista’s world-renowned percussion ensemble “Beat the Donkey.” He has completed four international tours as a U.S. Jazz Ambassador and currently performs at bluegrass festivals across North America with rising folk star April Verch. Continue reading →

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