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Most tracks quintet, with Luis Deniz (alto sax), Devon
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reviewer reported that "Virelles explores ancient Afro-Cuban sacred and ritual musics through imaginative fusions with contemporary materials. Mostly he does this by using the two basses as drones, mixing spacious chord-moods with bursts of startling improvisation in a flux of styles, and focusing
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Virelles was born in Cuba in 1983 and grew up in
Santiago. His father is José Aquiles, a singer-songwriter; his mother was a Santiago de Cuba Symphony flautist. Virelles started classical piano studies at the age of seven and heard various forms of Cuban music during his childhood. He met Canadian
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With RomĂĄn Diaz (vocals, percussion), Allison
Loggins-Hull (flute, piccolo), Rane Moore (clarinet, bass clarinet), Adam Cruz and Alex Lipowski (percussion), Matthew Gold (marimba, glockenspiel), Mauricio Herrera (ekĂłn, nkomos, erikundi, claves, vocals), Thomas Morgan (bass), Yunior Lopez (viola),
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With JosĂ© Ăngel MartĂnez (bass), LĂĄzaro
Bandera (congas), RomĂĄn FiliĂș (alto sax), RenĂ© "La Flor" DomĂnguez (tenor sax), Baudelis RodrĂguez (baritone sax), Abel Virelles (trumpet), Gabriel Montero (pailitas criollas, claves), Rafael Ăbalos (timbal, gĂŒiro), Emilio Despaigne Robert and JosĂ© Aquiles
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Nonet, with
Alexander Overington (electronics, samples, cello), Henry Threadgill (alto Saxophone), RomĂĄn DĂaz (vocals), Marcus Gilmore (drums, MPC), Rafiq Bhatia (guitar), EtiĂĄn Brebaje Man (vocals), Mauricio Herrera (percussion), Los Seres (percussion)
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in New York. Virelles moved to New York permanently in 2009 and soon played with major jazz figures, including saxophonists
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around 2006; the saxophonist gave him detailed responses to questions on music.
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