(Ahi Nama Music 1018)

1998

 

"Cuban flute virtuoso Orlando Maraca Valle has struck gold with his new record Sonando (…) He is capable of inhuman feats on his instrument. With Sonando, Valle proves he is also a great bandleader. (…) Maraca's superhuman talents are highlighted in the album's closing track, Selva. His solo on this cut is surely one of the most incredible musical feats I've heard in a long while. Sonando is definitely a winner".
The Beat volume 17 N°4 1998,USA

'I simply can't describe how great this album [Sonando] is, it just has to be heard'
Alex Carmenates - Dance Music Authority - volume 6 - June 98, USA

‘Maraca’s latest album, Sonando!, has graced a number of Top 10 lists’
David Wiegand, San Fransisco Chronicle, August 98, USA

Featuring special guests/con los invitados especiales/invités spéciaux :

Compay Segundo, vocal/canto/chant (Cuba)
Barbarito Torres, laud (Cuba)
David Sanchez, tenor sax (Puerto-Rico/USA)
Pio Leyva, vocal/canto/chant (Cuba)
Rolo Martinez, vocal/canto/chant (Cuba)
Lino Borges, vocal/canto/chant (Cuba)
Yumurí, vocal/canto/chant (Cuba)
Aramis, vocal/canto/chant (Cuba)
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, percussions (Cuba)
Javier Zalba, baryton and soprano sax (Cuba)
Pancho Amat, tres (Cuba)
Oswan Ponciano, piano (Cuba)
Jesús Madera, percussion (Cuba)

12 songs/12 canciones/12 thèmes :

1 – Sonando ! (Maraca) – descarga
2 – Me gusta más el son (Enrique Benítez) – mambo-chá
3 – Maraca’s tumbao (Maraca) – descarga
4 – La Bomba (M . Valle/ P. Valle) – salsa-son
5 – Ven aquí a la realidad (E. Duarte) – bolero
6 – Los Tamalitos de Olga (J. Fajardo) – chachachá
7 – Mambo Jazz Plaza (Maraca) – mambo jazz
8 – Quiero a mi guajira (F. Repilado/Hierrezuelo) – guajira
9 – Ven vamo’ a bailar (Maraca) – son
10 – OK Santo Domingo (Maraca) – caribbean jazz/jazz caribeño/jazz caribbéen
11 – Vale Todo (Jesús Alfonso) – rumba
12 – Selva (Maraca) – afro

Produced by/Producido por/Produit par :

Orlando Valle /Céline Chauveau

Musical direction and all arrangements/dirección musical y todos arreglos/direction musicale et tous arrangements :

Orlando Valle Maraca

Recorded and mixed at and by/grabado y mezclado en y por /enregistré et mixé à et par :

La Habana, estudios Sonocaribe, Cuba - Manuel López Mantecón/Ernesto Romero/Evelio Gay