Hybrid / C Carlos Cippelletti

• 1 Moyugba 02:15
• 2 Ilé-Ifé 05:21
• 3 Ebi 05:43
• 4 Iya Mi ilé 07:33
• 5 Aite 09:37
• 6 Amewa 08:56
• 7 Dinza 05:21
• 8 Black Ballad 06:47
• 9 Lu-Fuki 03:55
• 10 The Proverb 02:10
• Total Runtime 57:38

Info for Hybrid / C

HYBRID/C is a musical and cultural fusion project with a common point that is Afro-Cuban music and jazz. Jazz serves as a vehicle on this journey to the roots of Cuban music and Afro- Cuban culture from a modern musical perspective. Born in Spain to a Cuban father and French mother, Carlos Cippelletti’s compositions reflect his various identities. jazz, cuban folklore, neo-soul and classical music combine to create a sound all its own. This album was recorded with a traditional Afro-Cuban jazz sextet, (trumpet, tenor sax, piano, double bass, congas / batá drums and drums) adding a seventh element of electronics and synthesizers to create a point of union between tradition and modernity. HYRBID/C, is a fusion project that shows how, regardless of our roots and ages, beauty always prevails, and unites us through the most universal language we know, music.

"This album is a work of deep inspiration based on Afro-Cuban roots and Jazz, done with great quality and impeccable development by a young artist with a promising, beautiful musical career ahead." (Chucho“ Valdés)

This work is dedicated to all the people — art lovers and musicians — who have influenced me thus far and to all those who remain to come. Above all, this album is dedicated to my roots and is an homage to my heritage.

Carlos Cippelletti, piano
Bobby Martínez, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Manuel Machado, trumpet
Gregorio Herreros, keyboards, synths, electronics
Reinier Elizarde, double bass
Georvis Pico, drums
Erik Larrea, batá drums, congas
Guest musicians:
Maria José Llergo, vocals (on track 1 & 10)
Yuvisney Aguilar, batá drums, congas, vocals (on track 4)
David Lorenzo Adkinson, sound design vocal effects (on track 9 & 10)
Alvaro Artime, trumpet (on track 7)
Cesar Filiu, alto saxophone (on track 7)
Christian Murgui, bass clarinet (on track 1 & 10)

Please Note: We offer this album in its native sampling rate of 44.1kHz, 24-bit. The provided 88.2kHz version was up-sampled and offers no audible value!

Carlos Cippelletti
Pianist, composer and arranger Carlos Cippelletti, is a promising young Spanish, Franco-Cuban artist from the last generation of Afro-Cuban jazz musicians born outside the island.

He is a two-time winner of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation Scholarship, and four-time winner of the AIE Scholarship (artists and interpreters Association of Spain). He was awarded first prize in both the Malaga International Jazz Festival Competition, Portón del Jazz and the international 7 Virtual Jazz Club competition and was awarded for his outstanding academic achievements at the Alfonso X el Sabio University.

In 2018 Carlos toured Europe with the JM Jazz World Orchestra — the world’s premiere youth jazz orchestra led by renowned trombonist Luis Bonilla. In 2021 he graduated with a Master’s degree in Latin Jazz from Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam.

His most recent project and first album entitled HYBRID/C, is a musical and cultural fusion project with a common point that is Afro-Cuban music and jazz. Jazz serves as a vehicle on this journey to the roots of Cuban music and Afro-Cuban culture from a modern musical perspective. Born in Spain to a Cuban father and French mother, Carlos Cippelletti”s compositions reflect his various identities. Afro-Cuban music tradition, Jazz, Neo-Soul and classical music combine to create a sound all its own. This album collects the traditional Afro-Cuban jazz sextet format, (trumpet, tenor sax, piano, double bass, congas/ batá drums and drums) including a seventh element that is electronics and synthesizers, creating a point of union between tradition and modernity. HYRBID/C, is a fusion project that shows how, regardless of our roots and age, beauty always prevails, and unites us through the most universal language we know, music.

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