Jazz Batá 2

Personel

Chucho Valdés / piano Yelsy Heredia / double bass Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé / batás and vocals Yaroldy Abreu Robles / percussion Guest Artist: Regina Carter / violin (“Ochún” and “100 Años de Bebo” only)

Track Listing

Obatalá Son XXI Luces Ochún Chucho’s Mood 100 Años de Bebo El Güije The Clown

Artist Biography

Jazz Batá 2, composer, pianist and bandleader Chucho Valdés’ first album for Mack Avenue Records, marks a new peak of creativity for the artist, even as it revisits the small-group concept of his 1972 Cuban album Jazz Batá.  That album upon release was originally considered experimental at the time, but the trio project – featuring no drum set and two virtuosi who would subsequently be charter members of Irakere: Carlos del Puerto (bass) and Oscar Valdés (batâ: the sacred, hourglass-shaped drums of the Yoruba religion in Cuba) – would now be considered contemporary.