Grupo Irakere
by Irakere
- Type: Album
- Released: 1976
- Label: Areito
- Country: Cuba
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The monumental Cuban ensemble completely redefines Latin jazz by fusing classical orchestration, blistering funk, and deep Afro-Cuban percussive traditions. Featuring virtuosos like Chucho Vald茅s and Paquito D'Rivera, the complex arrangements seamlessly integrate indigenous Yoruba rhythms into highly technical, electric fusion structures.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, progressive, uncommon-time-signatures, complex, melodic, fusion, percussive, Spanish language, virtuosic
Tracklist
Credits
- Irakere - primary artist
- Jes煤s Terry - artwork
- Chucho Vald茅s - directed by, written-by
- Paquito D'Rivera - written-by
- Tania Castellanos - written-by
- Oscar Vald茅s - written-by
- Juan Almeida - written-by
- Evaristo Aparicio - written-by