Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band José Martí En Nueva York Double Trouble For all the emphasis on

For all the emphasis on the group's metal/industrial fusion

and the intellect required to decrypt full meaning of his verses

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the band dance between convention and experimentation

Rasta themes were also brilliantly conveyed via "Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)" and "Rebel Music (Three O'Clock Roadblock)

Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band José Martí En Nueva York Double Trouble For all the emphasis on"Grammy nominated pianist and composer Manuel Valera (Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Steve Smith) presents the dynamic debut of his New Cuban Express Big Band. Inspired by Jos Mart, the famed Cuban writer and independence hero, Jos Mart en Nueva York features Valera's song cycle of original music based on nine poems from Mart's seminal 1891 collection, ""Versos Sencillos.""Addressing a range of political and societal issues that are relevant even