Manuel Valera Quartet November 18, 2010

Manuel Valera is a talented Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger of music. As a composer and pianist, Manuel Valera's main objective when composing is to find a way to meld all his influences into something unique. "The blending of Latin music with jazz harmony and improvisation has produced more than a mere hybrid, as a survey of New York's younger players would reveal. Manuel Valera, a Cuban pianist in his mid-20s, illustrates that evolution handily: postbop and classical romanticism are as integral to his vocabulary as Latin folk forms, and they all find natural expression in his music."Nate Chinen, New York Times.

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