I always thought Bobby Valentina · · is a smart guy. Sensible. With clear pods. At least that has been taking his life from tiny.
I explain: In 1956, the man was 15 years and live in New York, studying trumpet as one bag, to make a living, like everyone who leaves after 15 years of Puerto Rican home to go into the jaws of this city and what that entails. In the two years since the group was working on Joe Quijano playing and producing interesting arrangements that showed his liking for the typical range typical sound and shape their own character.
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| , Robert Valentine in 2006 (Photo: Jean-Luc Agata) |
has always been eager to experiment.
then participates in the orchestras of Willie Rosario (who was resident at Club Caborrojeño), Charlie Palmieri, Tito Rodriguez and Ray Barretto, who are not little. But not happy and, at the time, decided to found his own band, which released their first album in 1966 under the label Fonseca Records. Shortly after signing with Fania five-year contracts-smart, as I said, "and begins to carve a name in the nascent musicality. Back to the island in 1969 and settled there, perhaps to escape the music competition Manhattan perhaps anticipating that this madness would end up dying of salsa in New York and continue living in Borinquen, as more or less happen.
next year discovers his true passion is low when in a concert at La Concha in San Juan bassist fails him, he replaces and feel that the orchestra sounds different - had another swing, another dimension and I really enjoyed , once said, because the low gives great depth to the music -, beginning his distinguished record in this instrument, a very reliable music production and business man at last, a record label own with the which replaced in 1975 his contract with Fania.
early 70's his band without a vocalist dawned twice. The first was when Buba Morales decided to continue living in New York, and the second, when Frankie Hernandez, melancholy voice that singer had hired as a substitute, leaving the group to start a treatment for his addiction to drugs. Valentin then decides to hire a curious, good neighborhood with one of the most amazing riffs that calved the Caribbean soneo: · Marvin Santiago · , who came to sing for the orchestra of Rafael Cortijo. Both Valentine liked the way they faced the montuno Marvin even changed the design of the rhythmic structure of the orchestra, so that attitude coupling to snore.
The first time they recorded together was on the hard Puzzle (1971), important though it is still discontinued. An album that has a special sound that recalls the big bands of the 50, characterized by a strong metal line (Mike Torres and Melvin Sotomayor in the trumpets, Aldo Torres on trombone, Juan Maldonado on tenor sax and Humberto Ramirez baritone sax), much given all the jazz emphasis, along with a powerful rhythmic structure based on the timpani Oscar Colon, William Thompson on congas, Hector Faberile on bongos and Larry Harlow as a guest on the vibraharp. Besides Paquito Guzmán, Cheo Feliciano and Ismael Miranda on vocals.
The piano does not know who he is not in the credits, but it may be Harlow.
was also recorded in the studios of San Juan Ochoa, before they did others who later considered it a matter of honor.
And today I will not point to the PRAS.
Rubén Blades said that when soneaba, James was able to park a Mack truck in space where it would fit a Volkswagen beetle. Not wrong. Step completely transcribed one of his soneos, because without music does not make sense, but invite you to listen carefully to this virtue in Go p ' beyond, a cascade very own Marvin, although composed by Valentin, who was a jibarito of care, in The Mataka, a composition of Tite Curet, or Poor am a fairly populist guanguancó, or also in paper clown, which is not just another love rudeness, or Grinder with the viciousness of neighborhood and clothes hanging from clotheslines, or You do not know me. But especially in Besos witches and ingratitude, a slow Son Montuno, also of Tite, with lyrics and great arrangements
I will never understand
you came to hate me.
Instead, I loved you
with all my heart. False
witch woman
with your love you gave me pain.
never in life can I close this wound
your love left.
ingratitude are what cause me pain
ingratitude are what you love left me
And that soneo masterful Marvin Santiago.
skip some masterful much to say, yes, but more macho. And why not remove them. This issue has been discussed ad nauseum, even some of his soneos and were poorly viewed through the lens of that era. But do not forget either of which actually came all this music-and the same Santiago: the barrio, the ghetto to the suburbs-even mark even worse in Puerto Rico in NYC-where sweet forms usually do not have room or are you sufficiently refined to who may be drinking to a more educated public. That may sound like a waste, a niche is one of the essences of the sauce and in which bases all of its urban character. And so, because it is the picture of musical moment, is essential.
I have is in the air intelligence Valentine: still active, with its well-oiled band and touring again, never had conflicts with Fania and remains part of the All Stars. James was expelled from the orchestra in 1976 for tardiness problems due to drugs, was jailed in the 80 for cocaine trafficking, reborn Christian, completely lost her voice and died in 2004 by problems derived from type I diabetes
Yes, guys, sorry. Not in Spotify or Rhapsody. The new owners of these recordings do not have cataloged or remastered, but still available in these internet stores ... and green roads.
Ah, Valentine is also a type I diabetic From a young age.
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