OSCAR VALDES, Tribute
Premiere on January 22nd 10:30 am Cuban time on the KZitem Channel Afrokuba on the occasion of the XIX International Jazz Colloquium " Leonardo Acosta in Memoriam", FABRICA DE ARTE CUBANO
Last October 19, 2023, around 1 a.m., surrounded by his widow, relatives and close friends, I arrived at the house of I don't know who in the mythical Havana neighborhood of "Pogolotti" where the funeral chapel of one of the most authentic Cuban musicians of the last 60 years, Oscar Valdés Campos (1937-2023), has been improvised.
And I am in front of the coffin where his body rests, so many good memories of enjoying his voice ñanga, lucumí, arara, conga, bolerista, rumbera, comparsera just to mention a few because Oscar Valdés Campos despite being a master of Afro-Cuban percussion with his finely tuned voice and a deep Afro-Cuban roots sang as almost no one has done everything he wanted to sing accompanied by his range of Cuban drums and the unique Irakere group.
And it is this particular voice precisely his takeoff ramp to fame outside and inside his Island that he never abandoned. This gift granted by the King of music, Shango, his patron saint, made us move and chant with frenzy to his calls: "aguanile bongo", "que pena con Xiomara a me da", "mami dame caramelo" "rucurucu a Santa Clara", "valle de picadura", "dile de Catalina ", "déjate de atrevimiento mulata " among many others made us jump out of our seats of the elitist Amadeo Roldan Auditorium to chant in total frenzy dancing as we Cubans usually do their unique "Bacalao con pan" to the rhythm of the devilish dance of the "coyudde". In this humble material, my most heartfelt "Moforibale" to the mark left in the lives of thousands of people who admire you.
Thank you for having granted me this conversation about your teachers recently after your cataract surgery.
Thank you Maestro Oscar Valdes Campos.
You enter the illustrious pantheon of the Valdés family together with your father Oscar, your son Oscarito, your uncles Marcelino and the mythical Vicentico Valdés, one of the crucial family sagas in the history of Cuban music of all times.
Kabiosile tu Shangoooo !!!!!
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