Bright Moments Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 can i really like dave valentin's cd's without being branded a "smoothie"?!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 uh oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I hear they make good coasters if you tape over the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 We could also go outside and play catch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 can i really like dave valentin's cd's without being branded a "smoothie"?!!! Which ones are you talking about? I don't really know Valentin's leader work except for the first few GRP efforts, and found them highly snoozable affairs. But... I've since heard him play on other people's dates (Monday Michiru, several Louie Vega productions, & some straight-up salsa dates), and the guy's bringing some pretty good stuff actually. So I gotta think that this is yet another example of somebody who can really play making records for the marketplace that don't show even a hint of that. BAd move, unnecessary move, I think, but you know how they do... Maybe some of the later leader sides do show the true skills, but I got so bummed from the earliest GRP stuff that I've not really cared to find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 When I heard live him in 2004, there was no snooze factor. Rory Kirk was in the audience. Valentin said that Hilton Ruiz had made him buy "I Talk With The Spirits" a couple of years earlier -- then looking at his instrument, he said, "I haven't been able to play this thing the same way since." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpklich Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Dave Valentine was with one of the best salsa bands out of NYC, Manny Oquendo and Libre. He was on a couple of their early sides. I got them on vinyl and don't know if they are out on cd. One that I have on vinyl that is on cd is with a another "salsa" group called Son Primero. They were a NYC charanga band (percussion with violins and a flute) around in the 80's. Valentin sounded good on that. Some charanga tradionalists maintain that the flute have a wooden body. I think its stupid. One of the greatest charanga flute players was Richard Egues of Orch. Aragon. He played a metal body as does Dave on this. I doubt if Libre or Son Primero will ever be considered "smooth". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 I heard two of his CDs as a leader (one was the collaboration with Herbie Mann) and was put off by the synthesized and drum machined rhythm section - the antithesis of Cuban rhythm, IMO. But I've heard him play excellently as a sideman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 can i really like dave valentin's cd's without being branded a "smoothie"?!!!Do you have any bananas in you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 can i really like dave valentin's cd's without being branded a "smoothie"?!!!Do you have any bananas in you? A few blackberries, a kiwi or two and you're in business... Valentin's recordings bore the heck out of me but I have to agree that in performance is sometimes a different story. Years ago in Montreal i heard him in an all-star tribute to Cal Tjader with Eddie Palmieri, Dave Samuels and a passel of percussionists. It was cookin' - a great couple of sets. I'd say, see him live and skip the CDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aparxa Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Definition of Smoothie by the great George Adams : " A guy who never lets anything bother him, occasionally his woman". Does the definition match too :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Definition of Smoothie by the great George Adams : " A guy who never lets anything bother him, occasionally his woman". Does the definition match too :-? i guess so! lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 can i really like dave valentin's cd's without being branded a "smoothie"?!!! Which ones are you talking about? this one is very good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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