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Finding my Path

by Aldemar Valentín

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1.
Gente de Fuego 09:45
2.
Don Pedro Ríos 09:02
3.
Regalo 10:20
4.
Cuna 05:27
5.
La Vida en Colores 11:29
6.
Finding my Path 09:32
7.
Azul Cielo 10:27
8.
Fábula para el Verano 10:35

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Puerto Rican born Aldemar Valentin has released one very impressive live recording here. The quartet deftly navigates these original compositions with musicality and flexibility. These guys are really listening to each other and the interactions are beautiful. Inspired by his studies with Danilo Perez and Bob Moses while studying in Boston at New England Conservatory, the music ebbs and flows with a special attention to nothing other than the music itself. Aldemar's playing is superb (6­ string Ken Smith) and the group sound is beautiful. Highly recommended!

By Damian Erskine
Bass Musician Magazine/ Bass CD Reviews


Aldemar Valentín, ‘Finding My Path’ (Arrakis Productions)
Estupendo debut como líder de un joven bajista que ha tocado junto a estrellas de la talla de Miguel Zenón y Danilo Pérez. Es jazz sin
apellidos ­no es latino, ni hard bop, ni “fusión”. En todo caso, muestra cierta influencia del eje Miles Davis/Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter. Y es, sobre todo, música alerta y fresca, tocada con maestría técnica, pero también con corazón. Raúl Romero tiene un sonido limpio y claro en la guitarra (como en ‘Gente de fuego’); Ricardo Pons maneja con fluidez y peso dramático la flauta y el saxo barítono (‘La vida en colores’); y el enfoque polirrítmico del baterista Efraín Martínez es, simplemente, un deleite. El sonido de la grabación, realizada en vivo en
el desaparecido Arabá Café, es también muy agradable. Uno de los discos sobresalientes del aún joven 2009.

08­MARZO­2009 | RAFAEL VEGA CURRY
El Nuevo Dia­ San Juan, Puerto Rico

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released August 2, 2009

Jazz Quartet directed by bassist-composer Aldemar Valentin.

Ricardo Pons- Baritone Sax/Flute
Raúl Romero- Guitar
Efraín Martínez- Drums
Aldemar Valentín-bass guitar

Music by Aldemar Valentín

© Copyright-Aldemar Valentin (BMI)
Produced by Aldemar Valentín and L/Raúl Romero
Recorded live in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Arabá Café Teatro 04/29/2008-06/07/2008)
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by L/Raúl Romero

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Aldemar Valentín is an electric bass player interested in improvisation, composition, and cultural mixing. His music contains influences from jazz, the diversity of Pan-American rhythms and world music. He has recorded several albums, including "Aldemar Valentín" (2020), "Arrebol" (2022) and “La Torre” (2024). ... more

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