Grupo Irakere Pin incorporating hip hop

incorporating hip hop

This album runs the gamut and has fun with it

Paul Samwell-Smith (bass)

on February 4

the group has never been the type to shy away from their influences as they expertly toggle between 60s pop vis-à-vie early Beatles records to obscure dancehall Jamaican tunes-all fully extrapolated and reinterpreted through modern Chicano soul sound that the group has built their everlasting repertoire on

Grupo Irakere Pin incorporating hip hopFor the second instalment in our Cuban Classics series, we proudly present this sought after slice of sublime Afro Cuban jazz from 1976. It comes courtesy of one of Cuba's most influential acts, Grupo Irakere. Founded in 1973 by Chucho Valds (son of the Cuban pianist and bandleader Bebo Valds) the group was home to many of Cuba's finest musicians over the years. With an electrifying style and sound, they mixed traditional Cuban music with jazz, funk,