GRUPO IRAKERE 1974 SELF TITLED DEBUT RELEASE EX+/EX- RARE CUBAN JAZZ FUNK LP

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ARTIST(S): GROUPO IRAKERE

TITLE: “GRUPO IRAKERE” (ORIGINAL RELEASE)

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTOS/BELOW:

Bacalao Con Pan

3:45

Danza De Los Nañigos

4:58

Valle Picadura

4:52

Taka Taka Ta

3:11

La Verdad

3:52

Luisa

4:13

Quindiambo

3:55

Misaluba

4:51

RECORD LABLE: AREITO RECORDS (CUBAN IMPORT)

CAT. #: LD-3420

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1969

RECORD CONDITION: THE RECORD IS IN NM-/NM CONDITION, NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES, LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NICE SHINEY LUSTER TO THE VINYL. LOOKS & PLAYS BRAND NEW. THE SONGS PLAY SUPER CLEAN. NO AUDIO BETWEEN THE TRACKS. THIS LOOKS AND PLAYS NEARLY BRAND NEW.

JACKET CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN EX/EX- CONDITION FOR IT'S AGE. NICE CLEAN STRAIGHT EDGES, NO WRITING, TEARS, SEAM SPLITS ETC. NO DINGS, NO RING WEAR. THERE'S SOME VERY, VERY LIGHT RING WEAR, AND A LIGHT DISCOLORING ON THE PACK TOP UPPER LEFT (SEE PHOTOS), THIS IS A THINNER GLOSSIER STYLE OF PACKAGING THAN U.S. ALBUMS. COMES IN ORIGINAL PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE.

CURRENT DISCOG SOLD PRICES-

Last Sold: July 8, 2025

• Low:$11.63

• Median:$49.99

• High:$162.71

ARTIST INFO:

GRUPO IRAKERE CUBAN BAND INFO/BIO-

Irakere is one of Cuba’s most influential bands. Founded in 1973, Irakere created a sound that mixed jazz, European traditional music, rock, funk with the rhythmic Cuban tradition, enriched with Afro-Cuban and electronic influences. Many of the best Cuban musicians have played in the band during the past decades, such as Chucho Valdés, Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Carlos Averhoff, Jorge Varona, Germán Velazco, Enrique Plá, Carlos Emilio Morales, Carlos del Puerto and Jorge Alfonso.

By the time Dizzy Gillespie got wind of Irakere in 1977 during his visit to Havana on the infamous Jazz Cruise, the stage was set for the band to wow audiences and blow minds on multiple continents. Irakere was the first Cuban band to successfully champion a repertoire that straddled the line between instrumental jazz and popular dance music, and Dizzy became their most ardent ambassador.

An act of defiance signaled the official beginning of Irakere as an ensemble when a rogue sub-group of bandmates from Havana’s Modern Music Orchestra broke out on their own and recorded a single penned by Valdés in 1973 called “Bacalao Con Pan.” Much to the chagrin of Havana’s bureaucratic forces, the song’s clandestine release and rampant airplay resulted in the official recognition of the newly minted ensemble. When Dizzy heard them live in Havana in 1977, Irakere was already fully formed, blending sacred West African chants with searing bebop horn lines and electronic sounds. Band members had clearly listened to and absorbed the jazz-rock explorations of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report and Chick Corea, and dared to go well beyond category. Fuse Mozart with gospel? Why not? The instrumentation was another innovation, combining Afro-Cuban percussion with the drum set, electric guitar and bass, a killer horn section that embodied the virtuosity of the bebop tradition along with the contemporary flavorings of bands such as Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire, and an array of keyboards and synthesizers that Chucho would add to his arsenal over the ensuing years.

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