TONIGHT: Manuel Valera @ the Art Museum

It's impossible not to note the influence of Chick Corea on pianist Manuel Valera, but on his latest, New Cuban Express, he follows that star down divergent and interesting pathways.

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TONIGHT: Manuel Valera @ the Art Museum

POSTED: Friday, October 12, 2012, 3:00 PM

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It’s impossible not to note the influence of Chick Corea on pianist Manuel Valera, but on his latest, New Cuban Express, he follows that star down divergent and interesting pathways. Long a proponent of melding Latin rhythms with smoking post-bop, Valera adds a fusion flavor to this new project, switching between acoustic piano and Fender Rhodes, all the time maintaining strong ties with his Cuban roots. The band includes countrymen Yosvany Terry on sax and Mauricio Herrera on percussion, whose clave-tinged rhythms blend well with those of drummer Eric Doob. Valera may expand his vocabulary to use the language of Corea’s Return to Forever on this outing, but he speaks it in his own unmistakable accent.

Fri., Oct. 12, 5:45 and 7:15 p.m., free with museum admission of $16, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2600 Ben Franklin Parkway, 215-763-8100, philamuseum.org.

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