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CUBAN FIRES
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An imaginary journey into the various styles and traditions of Cuban music.
NEW CD
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CUBAN FIRES
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An imaginary journey into the various styles and traditions of Cuban music.
"Cuban Fires" is an imaginary journey into the various styles and traditions of Cuban music.
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I started to conceive "Cuban Fires" as a sequel to my first CD “Havana Blue”, with the idea of deepening some aspects of the Cuban musical heritage. I also wanted to explore different moods and sonorities, and for this reason on the occasion of my second trip to Havana in December 2016 I contacted Eduardo Sandoval, a young and gifted musician and trombone player whose CD had particularly impressed me.
Musicians:
Thommy Lowry, trumpet, flugelhorn
Eduardo Sandoval, trombone, voice (1,8)
Michel Herrera, alto/ baritone sax, tenor sax (8)
Emir Santa Cruz, tenor sax, clarinet
Roberto "El Chino" Vàsquez, double bass
Eduardo Silveira, congas, bongò, güiro, cowbell
Victor Guzman, alto/baritone sax (4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Degnis Bofill, batà drums, percussions (1, 8)
Deivys Rubalcaba, timbales, güiro, metal güiro, cowbell, maracas
Thommy Lowry plays trumpet and flugelhorn courtesy eclipse trumpets
Alejandro Falcòn, piano
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Recorded: 21st December 2016 (2, 3, 4, 6) and 22nd December 2016 (1, 5, 7, 8) at Abdala Studios, Havana, Cuba
Sound Engineers: Jose Raul Varona
Edited and Mixed by: Piero Lanza and Adriano Clemente at Music Factory, Grosseto, Italy
Cover painting by: Antonio Iannece (1957 - 2016)
Cover artwork: by Cecilia Damiani
Photos by: Dina Priymak, Luigi Vitiello (paintings)
All compositions and arrangements by: Adriano Clemente
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Release date: 4 July 2018
Genre: Latin Jazz
Production by: Dodicilune
Total time: 58'21
HAVANA BLUE
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The Havana Blue project includes mainly compositions written during 2013 and 2014 for the Akashmani Ensemble for live performances. My interest in Cuban music and the Latin musical tradition as a whole developed after I listened to the music of the late composer, arranger, and pianist Bebo Valdés (1918-2013), one of the leading artists in the Havana scene in the fifties, whose career, after an interruption of more than thirty years, restarted gloriously in 1994 until his death.
Musicians:
Leyanis Valdés, piano
Augusto Lage, congas
Heikel Trimiño, trombone
Santiago Ceballos, trumpet
Yandy Martinez, double bass
Emir Santa Cruz, tenor sax, clarinet
Lennon Ruiz, timbales, snare drum, claves
Yuniet Lombida, alto/baritone sax (1, 2, 3, 8)
Victor Guzman, alto/baritone sax (4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Adel Rodriguez, bongos, maracas, guiro, cowbell
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Recorded: 21st December 2015 (4, 5, 6, 7, 9) and 22nd December 2015 (1, 2, 3, 8) at Abdala Studios, La Habana, Cuba
Sound Engineers: Dayana Rodriguez Hernandez, Rebeca Alderete Bauta
Edited and Mixed by: Tommy Cavalieri and Adriano Clemente at Sorriso Studios, Bari, Italy
Mastered: August 2016 by Tommy Cavalieri at Sorriso Studios, Bari, Italy
All compositions and arrangements by: Adriano Clemente
Cover painting by: Antonio Iannece
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Release date: 20 Febbruary 2017
Genre: Latin Jazz
Production by: Dodicilune
Total time: 55'01
Musicians: Akashmani Ensemble (1-11)
Francesco Lento, trumpet
Mario Corvini, trombone
Daniele Tittarelli, alto sax
Marco Guidolotti, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
Riccardo Fassi, piano
Dario Rosciglione, double bass (except 4)
Raffaele Toninelli, bowed double bass (1, 4)
Andrea Nunzi, drums
Roberto Ottaviano, soprano sax (12)
Adriano Clemente, piano (12)
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Release date: 26 May 2016
Genre: Jazz
Production by: Dodicilune
THE MINGUS SUITE
A Jazz Portrait in Seven Movements inspired by the music of Charles Mingus (1922-1979), is an idea that started in 2013 after I had composed a few tunes based on the blues structure in the tradition of Ellington and Mingus for his Akashmani Jazz Ensemble. ​
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In 1996 Amiata Records published his audio tape “Akashmani: Across the Sky”, minimalistic music in the tradition of Terry Riley and Steve Reich performed in 1992 on Yamaha and Roland keyboards and recorded at home with a four track Tascam tape recorder.
Composed by: Adriano Clemente
Release date: May 1996
Production by: Matteo Silva, Amiata Records
