Roberto Fonseca Temperamento Rar
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Roberto Fonseca | |
Background information | |
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Origin | Havana, Cuba |
Genres | Jazz, hip hop, Latin jazz, drum and bass, urban music, Afro-Cuban music |
Years active | 1999–present |
Roberto Fonseca (born 1975, Havana) is a Cuban jazz pianist. From an early age, Fonseca was surrounded by music: his father was drum player Roberto Fonseca, Sr, his mother, Mercedes Cortes Alfaro, a professional singer (she sings on her son's solo album, Zamazu), and his two older half-brothers from his mother's previous marriage to the pianist and musician Jesús 'Chucho' Valdés are Emilio Valdés (drums) and Jesús 'Chuchito' Valdés Jr. (piano).
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Biography[edit]
After an early interest in drums, Fonseca switched to piano at the age of 8, and by 14 was experimenting with fusing American jazz and traditional Cuban rhythms; he appeared at Havana's Jazz Plaza Festival in 1991 when he was 15.
Fonseca studied at Cuba's Instituto Superior de Arte, where he obtained a master's degree in composition, even though he often says that he was a really bad student. After earning his degree, he left Cuba to find his sound.
His first album, En El Comienzo, which he recorded with Javier Zalba and the group Temperamento, was awarded Cuba's Best Jazz Album in 1999. This success encouraged him to work on two solo records: Tiene Que Ver and Elengo, combining Latin jazz, drum and bass, hip-hop, urban music and Afro-Cuban rhythms.
In 2001, Fonseca went to Japan to record No Limit: Afro Cuban Jazz. He also toured with the Buena Vista Social Club the same year and has worked with Rubén González, Ibrahim Ferrer, Cachaito, Guajiro Mirabal and Manuel Galbán.
A Buena Vista Social Club tour spanned the world, with over 400 concerts, promoting Ibrahim Ferrer's records next to musicians such as Cachaíto López, Manuel Guajiro Mirabal and Manuel Galbán, among others, and playing at venues such as the Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Congrès (Paris), Albert Hall (London), Beacon Theatre (New York), and the Sydney Opera House (Australia).
That period of intense work, touring round the world, led Fonseca to realise that his music was ready for creating his own project. He dug deep to compose each of the songs that form Zamazu, the result of the integration of all his influences: Afro-Cuban music, jazz, classical music and traditional Cuban music.
American income partners discount card. In the words of one reviewer,[1] his recording, Zamazu, is 'a deftly varied and well-sequenced set that leaves a strong impression of who Fonseca is and promises plenty for the future.'
The track 'Llego Cachaito' from the Zamazu album was used in the 2008 Will Smith film Hancock.
With his 2009 album, Akokan, Fonseca wanted to bring the magic, strength and improvisation from a live show to the studio. With a quartet formation and accompanied by his band, the one that he had been playing with for the past 12 years, Fonseca as the record's producer encouraged creativity and chemistry amongst the musicians. There are also two collaborations from artists that Fonseca admires, artists that have very different styles: Mayra Andrade, the Cape Verdean singer who wrote the words and sings on 'Siete Potencias', and Raul Midón, the American guitarist, who wrote 'Everyone Deserves A Second Chance'. On this track Fonseca did the arrangements and Midon accompanied him on guitar.
In 2010 and 2016 Fonseca was the musical director for the support act for Omara Portuondo's USA tour. Fonseca's 2010 album Roberto Fonseca Live in Marciac includes a bonus DVD which features footage of the festival's 2009 show.
Discography[edit]
As leader[edit]
Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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1999? | Tiene Que Ver | ||
1999? | Temperamento: En el Comienzo | ||
2001? | No Limit | ||
2001? | Elengo | ||
2007? | Zamazu | Enja | With Javier Zalba (saxes, flute, clarinet), Omar González (bass), Ramsés Rodrigues (drums), guests |
2008 | Akokan | Enja | With Javier Zalba (clarinet, flute, baritone sax), Omar Gonzalez (bass), Ramsés Rodriguez (bass), Joel Hierrezuelo (percussion), Mayra Andrade (vocals), Raul Midon (vocals, guitar) |
2009 | Live in Marciac | Enja | Includes DVD; in concert |
2012? | Yo | Jazz Village | |
2016? | Abuc | Impulse! |
As sideman[edit]
- Black P. Marabal Soundtrack (2000)
- Cuando Yo Sea Grande – Augusto Enriquez – 1998 (Egrem)
- Cachaíto – Orlando 'Cachaito' López – 2001 (World Circuit Records)
- Felicidad – Asa Feeston – 2002 Inter Records Co Ltd
- Buenos Hermanos – Ibrahim Ferrer – 2003 (World Circuit Records)
- Buena Vista Social Club Presents Manuel Guajiro Mirabal – Manuel Guajiro Mirabal – 2004 (World Circuit Records)
- Flor de Amor – Omara Portuondo – 2004 (World Circuit Records)
- Angá Echumingua – Anga Díaz – 2005 (World Circuit Records)
- Javier Zalba – Javier Zalba – 2006 (Colibri)
- Timbalada – Carlinhos Brown – 2006 (Candyall Music)
- Mi sueño – Ibrahim Ferrer – 2007 (World Circuit Records)
- Absolument Latino song Zamazamazu – 2007
- Gracias – Omara Portuondo – 2008 (Montuno / Harmonia Mundi)
- Omara & Maria Bethânia – 2008 (Biscoito Fino)
- Etxea – Kepa Junkera – 2008 (Warner Music Spain)
- Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura New Cuban Sound – 2009 (Brownswood Recordings)
- Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura Remixed – 2010 (Brownswood Recordings)
- Fatoumata Diawara – 2015 At Home (Live at Marciac)
References[edit]
- ^'Roberto Fonseca – Zamazu review'. BBC World Music. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
External links[edit]
Pianist Roberto Fonseca's Zamazu contains quite a bit of variety. From Afro-Cuban jazz and a piece that is closer to Indian music, to Omara Portunodo's passionate vocal on 'Mil Congojas,' originals that sound like tangos and sambas from the 1930s, and orchestral numbers, there is much to savor throughout this continually colorful set. Fonseca can play with great intensity (sometimes hinting at McCoy Tyner) but is at his best caressing lyrical and traditional-sounding melodies. Recorded in Cuba and Brazil, this colorful set leans more towards Cuban than Brazilian music, with Fonseca being quite impressive as both a pianist and a composer. Highly recommended.
Roberto Fonseca Temperamento Rar Online
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | 00:32 | |||
2 | 05:21 | |||
3 | 04:45 | |||
4 | 03:47 | |||
5 | 00:56 | |||
6 | 05:53 | |||
7 | 04:39 | |||
8 | 07:12 | |||
9 | 05:55 | |||
10 | Ibrahim Ferrer / Roberto Fonseca | 06:51 | ||
11 | 03:19 | |||
12 | 06:32 | |||
13 | 05:01 | |||
14 | Mercedes Cortes Alfaro / Roberto Fonseca | 03:13 |