Original Liner Notes:
Dizzy Gillespie, a master of jazz composition and performance, was the most prominent figure participating this year in the 5th Plaza 85 Latin Jazz Festival, alongside Dave Valentin, Richie Cole, and Tete Montoliu, contributing to its resounding success on a stage filled with styles, languages, and artistry. Gillespie's work has framed a notable development in the international jazz movement since the 1940s, with the emergence of bebop, signaling the return, after an expansion to large orchestras, to small ensembles and systematic improvisations based on a theme. In Cuba, one of the two major areas of cultural affinity with jazz (the other being Brazil), the tradition of practicing the genre dates back to the 1920s. Figures such as Chucho Valdés, Carlos Emilio, Felipe Dulzaides, and the rising star Arturo Sandoval represent the immediate precursors to the younger generation of Cuban jazz musicians today. Within it, it is possible to point out figures for the future, but who are already fully fledged talents: Orlando Sánchez, Oriente López, Carlos Miguel Nuñez, Felipe Cabrera, and the Proyecto Group under the direction of pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a leader recognized by his contemporaries who performs "Con Alma" alongside Dizzy Gillespie. The participation of young musicians in the Festival has been a determining factor in the renewed vision and authenticity that Cuban jazz is recognized today. The imminent development of this genre in Cuba places a large representation of new performers on the threshold of takeoff, who undoubtedly already have much to say in the ranks of talent. Evidence of this is the excellent performance of "Manteca" by the immortal Cuban musician Chano Pozo, joined by all the musicians who participated in the Festival. Instrumental solos in Manteca: Arturo Sandoval: trumpet Lázaro Cruz Olmos: trumpet Dizzy Gillespie: trumpet Manuel Valera: alto saxophone Rafael Carrasco: flute Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr: baritone saxophone Gonzálo Rubalcaba: piano Hilario Durán: keyboard Roland Walter Davis: piano Nasier Al Khabyyr: drums Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1964) studied composition at the Instituto Su-perior de Arte. In 1980, he traveled to Colombia to the Buga Song Festival, accompanying singer Beatriz Márquez, and won First Prize for Orchestration. In 1983, he visited the Congo and Zaire with the Aragón Orchestra as a pianist. He formed the Proyecto Group, which he directed and participated in at the UNEAC Contemporary Music Festival in 1981 and 1982, in the first two Jazz Latino Plaza Festivals, and in the Varadero 84 Song Festival. He received First Prize at the Arts Schools Festival in 1981. Under Rubalcaba's direction, the Proyecto Group recorded its first album in 1984 with the Cuban Recording and Publishing Company.
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Dizzy Gillespie Y Gonzalo Rubalcaba – Gillespie En Vivo (1985)
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Original Liner Notes:
Dizzy Gillespie, a master of jazz composition and performance, was the most prominent figure participating this year in the 5th Plaza 85 Latin Jazz Festival, alongside Dave Valentin, Richie Cole, and Tete Montoliu, contributing to its resounding success on a stage filled with styles, languages, and artistry.
Gillespie's work has framed a notable development in the international jazz movement since the 1940s, with the emergence of bebop, signaling the return, after an expansion to large orchestras, to small ensembles and systematic improvisations based on a theme.
In Cuba, one of the two major areas of cultural affinity with jazz (the other being Brazil), the tradition of practicing the genre dates back to the 1920s. Figures such as Chucho Valdés, Carlos Emilio, Felipe Dulzaides, and the rising star Arturo Sandoval represent the immediate precursors to the younger generation of Cuban jazz musicians today. Within it, it is possible to point out figures for the future, but who are already fully fledged talents: Orlando Sánchez, Oriente López, Carlos Miguel Nuñez, Felipe Cabrera, and the Proyecto Group under the direction of pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, a leader recognized by his contemporaries who performs "Con Alma" alongside Dizzy Gillespie.
The participation of young musicians in the Festival has been a determining factor in the renewed vision and authenticity that Cuban jazz is recognized today. The imminent development of this genre in Cuba places a large representation of new performers on the threshold of takeoff, who undoubtedly already have much to say in the ranks of talent. Evidence of this is the excellent performance of "Manteca" by the immortal Cuban musician Chano Pozo, joined by all the musicians who participated in the Festival.
Instrumental solos in Manteca:
Arturo Sandoval: trumpet
Lázaro Cruz Olmos: trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie: trumpet
Manuel Valera: alto saxophone
Rafael Carrasco: flute
Sayyd Abdul Al Khabyyr: baritone saxophone
Gonzálo Rubalcaba: piano
Hilario Durán: keyboard
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Walter Davis: piano
Nasier Al Khabyyr: drums
Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1964) studied composition at the Instituto Su-perior de Arte.
In 1980, he traveled to Colombia to the Buga Song Festival, accompanying singer Beatriz Márquez, and won First Prize for Orchestration.
In 1983, he visited the Congo and Zaire with the Aragón Orchestra as a pianist.
He formed the Proyecto Group, which he directed and participated in at the UNEAC Contemporary Music Festival in 1981 and 1982, in the first two Jazz Latino Plaza Festivals, and in the Varadero 84 Song Festival.
He received First Prize at the Arts Schools Festival in 1981.
Under Rubalcaba's direction, the Proyecto Group recorded its first album in 1984 with the Cuban Recording and Publishing Company.
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