Irakere

piano, saxophones, trompettes, guitar, bass, drums, percussions (groupe) · Havana

Cuban group founded in Havana in 1973 by pianist Chucho Valdés, partly with members of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna. It combines Afro-Cuban drums, jazz, Cuban dance music, funk and classical music, and performed at the Newport and Montreux festivals in 1978.

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Styles

• Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Misa Negra (1978)
• Aguanile (1978)
• Ilya (1978)
• Adagio (1978)
• Bacalao con pan (1979)

Sources

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