Alain Perez - En El Aire - Donna Lee

Alain Perez

Album: En El Aire

Track: Donna Lee

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The young Cuban musician who is writing a new chapter in the history of his country's music history learned the lessons of his native land's deep-rooted cultural traditions at an early age -- listening to his grandfather sing tonadas and guarachas while he relaxed in a hammock. Today, 33-year old Alain Pérez is forging a new direction in modern Cuban jazz, building on the contributions of several generations of world class artists who preceded him and putting his distinctive stamp on a sound that sound that has seduced millions around the globe since the 1920s.

With the release of En El Aire for the Barcelona-based Ayva Musica label, Pérez's multiple talents are on full display and are dazzling fans from Cuba to Spain and beyond. Whether playing electric bass, keyboard or percussion, singing, or contributing compositions and arrangements, Pérez's combination of natural abilities and finely honed skills have set the stage for a new revolution in contemporary Cuban music. Already renowned for his contributions as a sideman for flamenco guitar icon Paco de Lucia and Latin jazz great Jerry Gonzalez and as a producer of albums by Celia Cruz and Habana Abierta, Pérez finally gets an opportunity for the spotlight to shine squarely on himself and his impressive artistry. As Enrique Morente, one of Spain's most revered flamenco singers and composers, puts it, "Alain Pérez is a marvelous discovery. He is going to have a huge impact. He is great, superb."