Irakere i Japan 1993

Irakere (Yoruba for "vegetation") is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés in 1973 that won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980 with its album Irakere. Its members included flutist José Luis Cortés who later founded NG La Banda, percussionist Anga Díaz, who later went to France; percussionist Fran Padilla, who later moved to Spain; saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, who left Irakere and Cuba in 1980 during a tour in Spain before moving to the United States; and Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, who went to the US in 1990.
The group used a wide array of percussion instruments like batá, abacuá and arará drums, chequerés, erikundis, maracas, claves, cencerros, bongó, tumbadoras, and güiro.

Discography

1979 Chekere Son
1980 El Coco
1985 Tierra En Trance
1987 The Legendary Irakere in London
1989 Homenaje a Beny Moré
1991 Great Moments
1991 Felicidad - live at Ronnie Scott's Club
1992 Misa Negra
1995 Bailando Así
1999 Indestructible
2001 Pare Cochero
Rare LPs recorded in direct on Caracas alongside Alberto Naranjo & El Trabuco Venezolano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Naranjo#Discography