| Management number | 254264372 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$8.55 | Model Number | 254264372 | ||
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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.
| Performer | Manuel Valera |
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| Music genre | Jazz |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Awards won | 2006 New Works Commission from Chamber Music America, 2nd place prize in the 2004 and 2006 Great American Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, FL, 2006 ASCAP Young Composers Award, finalist for the Jazz Journalists Association's award in the "Up & Coming" Musician of the Year category |
| Track listing | Numerico, How Deep Is the Ocean, Balada Para Isabel, We See, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Ode to Kenny, Dienda, Hindsight, I Loves You, Porgy, Currents |
| Record label | Max Jazz Records |
| Composer | Manuel Valera |
| Songwriter | Manuel Valera |
| Track name | Numerico, How Deep Is the Ocean, Balada Para Isabel, We See, I Fall in Love Too Easily, Ode to Kenny (Dedicated to Kenny Kirkland), Dienda, Hindsight, I Loves You Porgy, Currents, Blues For Kenny K, First Day, Pablo, Sunset, Garzonian, Alma, Crisis, Remembrance, Chance |
| Music media format | CD |
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