Manuel Valera - Currents

"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

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 Cahn, Gershwin and Berlin.

Manuel Valera piano & keyboard

James Genus acoustic & electric bass

Ernesto Simpson drums

TRACK LISTING

01. Numerico 6:09

Manuel Valera

02. How Deep Is the Ocean 6:21

Irving Berlin

03. Balada Para Isabel 5:43

Manuel Valera

04. We See 6:33

Thelonious Monk

05. I Fall in Love Too Easily 6:40

Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne

06. Ode to Kenny (Dedicated to Kenny Kirkland) 4:36

Manuel Valera

07. Dienda 4:10

Kenny Kirkland

08. Hindsight 5:34

Manuel Valera

09. I Loves You Porgy 5:37

George & Ira Gershwin / Dubose Heyward

10. Currents 4:46

Manuel Valera

Total Length: 56:21