La Diosa Del Mar (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Jazz  »  Jazz Vocal
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• Release Date: August 27, 2002
• Label: Jazzheads, Inc.
• UPC: 809819114126
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105899305
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Personnel: Mayra Caridad Vald‚s (vocals); Irving Acao (saxophone); Irving Michel Acao Sierra (alto saxophone); P‚rez Gonz lez (piano); Luis Miguel Guerra Crespo, Luis A. Guerra (keyboards); Enrique Pla, Enrique Rom n Pl  Garc¡a (drums); Yaroldi Breu Robles, Yaroldy Abreu (percussion).

Audio Mixer: Jeff McCulloch.

Liner Note Author: Chucho Vald‚s.

Recording information: Wellesley Sound Studios.

Director: Irving Acao.

Photographer: Ramon Ramirez.

Arranger: Irving Acao.

It must be in the genes. Mayra Caridad Vald‚s, the daughter of mambo-era pianist, arranger, and musical director Bebo Vald‚s, younger sister of Latin jazz Grammy winner Chucho Vald‚s, and lead singer of the Cuban group Irakere, now steps closer to the plate with her own album. A grouping of Afro-Cuban jazz, folklore, time-tested boleros, and standards, the play list of La Diosa del Mar is artfully designed to highlight Vald‚s' striking alto voice. There's an opportunity to sing with an infectious dance beat to her voice on "Danzonete." Complete with male chorus, this tune is guaranteed to pull those to the dance who love to move to an Afro-Cuban beat. Many of the songs on the play list are pitched toward the singer's ability to get the ultimate out of songs with a romantic theme. The well-known standard "B‚same Mucho" is the vehicle for Vald‚s to use her smoky eroticism before seguing into wordless vocalizing that only adds to the torch feel she gives this song. "Yemay " and "Para Que Vuelvas" also fall into this category. The former is especially engaging, with Vald‚s' lilting vocalizing riding over the mellow sax of Irving Acao. But Vald‚s owns a flexible voice, not limited one iota to slower-paced material. On her improvisational wordless vocalizing of "Billie's Bounce," she articulates rapid-fire repeated notes with incredible ease and aplomb. This piece, especially, calls for favorable comparison to the matchless scatting skills of Ella Fitzgerald. Despite the Latin theme, there's a hint of gospel fervor in "Danza ¥ ¤iga." For those who lean toward Latin jazz, Vald‚s is already a known commodity because of her work with Irakere and her brother. For everyone else, she will be a pleasant discovery. ~ Dave Nathan

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