Dave valentin biography

Dave Valentin

American Latin jazz flautist

For the Scottish rugby union, and rugby league footballer of the s, and s, see Dave Valentine.

Dave Valentin

Valentin at the World Music and Dance Centre, March

Birth nameDavid Peter Valentin
Born()April 29,
South Bronx, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 8, () (aged&#;64)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
GenresLatin jazz, smooth jazz, salsa
OccupationMusician
InstrumentFlute
Years active–
LabelsCTI, GRP, Highnote

Musical artist

David Peter Valentin (April 29, – March 8, ) was an American Latin jazzflautist of Puerto Rican descent.[1]

Life and career

Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City.

He attended The High School of Music & Art.[2] He learned percussion at an early age, and by 10 was playing conga and timbales professionally.[3][1] When he was 12, he began to practice the flute so he could get to know a girl in school who played the flute, Irene Cathcart.

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    • He borrowed a flute, bought a Herbie Mann record, and started to teach himself. [4] Years later, he recorded an album with Mann called Two Amigos.[2] He took lessons from Hubert Laws, who became his mentor.

    In the s, Valentin combined Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and funk with jazz with his ensemble which featured at various times Bill O'Connell (piano), Lincoln Goines and Ruben Rodriguez (bass), Richie Morales and Robby Ameen (drums), Sammy Figueroa and Giovanni Hidalgo (congas).[3] He was the first musician signed to GRP Records, a label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen that specialized in smooth jazz, jazz fusion, and jazz-pop-Latin.

    He recorded his debut album with Ricardo Marrero in [2] Over time he recorded with Noel Pointer, Patti Austin, Lee Ritenour, Chris Connor, David Benoit, Eliane Elias, and Nnenna Freelon.[3] Until , he was a schoolteacher.[1]

    For several years Valentin served as musical director for Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All-Stars, and also toured with Manny Oquendo's Conjunto Libre.

    Grp records Cal Tjader vibraphone. He made a name for himself in the Far East, Australia, and Europe as well as the United States, based on his extraordinary and evident talent. Play Live Radio. Donate Now.

    In , he appeared in the documentary Calle 54 performing with Tito Puente's Orchestra.[5][6][7]

    For seven years in a row, he was chosen best jazz flautist by readers of Jazziz magazine. In , he received a Grammy Award nomination as best R&B instrumentalist.[2][1] In , he won a Grammy for Caribbean Jazz Project, an album he did with Dave Samuels.[8]

    In March , Valentin had a stroke which left him partially paralyzed and unable to perform.

    In he suffered a second stroke, and worked to overcome his disabilities in an extended care facility.[9]

    On March 8, , Valentin died from complications of a stroke and Parkinson's disease in the Bronx at the age of His lifelong "special friend", Irene, for whom he learned to play the flute, was at his side when he passed.[10]

    Discography

    • Legends (GRP, )
    • The Hawk (GRP, )
    • Land of the Third Eye (GRP, )
    • I Got It Right This Time (Arista, )
    • Pied Piper (GRP, )
    • In Love's Time (Arista/GRP, )
    • Flute Juice (GRP, )
    • Kalahari (GRP, )
    • Jungle Garden (GRP, )
    • Light Struck (GRP, )
    • Mind Time (GRP, )
    • Live at the Blue Note (GRP, )
    • Two Amigos (GRP, )
    • Musical Portraits (GRP, )
    • Red Sun (GRP, )
    • Tropic Heat (GRP, )
    • Sunshower (Concord Jazz, )
    • Primitive Passions (RMM, )
    • World on a String (Highnote, )
    • Come Fly With Me (Highnote, )
    • Pure Imagination (Highnote, )

    With Steve Turre

    With the GRP All-Star Big Band

    With Scott Cossu

    • Islands (Windham Hill, )
    • Switchback (Windham Hill, )
    • Stained Glass Memories (Windham Hill, )

    References

    1. ^ abcdMoreno, Jairo (), "Valentín (Ramírez), Dave", Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, doi/gmo/article.a, ISBN&#;, retrieved
    2. ^ abcd"Dave Valentin".

      All About Jazz. Retrieved 22 August

    3. ^ abcRye, Howard (). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.).

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      7. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol.&#;3 (2nd&#;ed.). Grove's Dictionaries Inc. Location=New York. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

    7. ^Gonzalez, David (3 June ). "Dave Valentin Hangs with Cool Cats, at Home and David performed his first song at their Spring Concert ~Wes Montgomery's ~ "The Joker" along with his Jazz Quartet.

      Away". The New York Times.

      Dave valentin concert His special guests will be the legendary Randy Brecker, master guitarist Paul Bollenback, and Grammy award-winning jazz flutist Dave Valentin. Recordings: As Leader As Sideperson. Valentin suffered multiple strokes over the last five years. First Name and Last Name.

      Retrieved 22 August

    8. ^Slattery, Denis (9 March ). "Viva: Dave Valentin, Grammy-winning jazz flutist from the Bronx, dies at 64". New York Daily News. Retrieved 9 March
    9. ^McCallister, Doreen (9 March ). "Grammy Award-Winning Latin Jazz Flutist Dave Valentin Dies at 64".

      . KQED.

      Dave valentin discography Password Forgot it? Credit: WBGO. GRP's hefty roster of jazz artists became a popular commodity, and the label was also commended for its cutting-edge analog and digital audio engineering. He played a Peruvian bamboo bass flute, a Romanian pan flute, Bolivian pan pipes, and various other kinds of flute from around the world, typically traveling with more than a dozen varieties.

      Retrieved 9 March

    10. ^"Dave Valentin, Flutist". Jazz Museum. The National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Archived from the original on 18 March Retrieved 18 March
    11. ^"A Special Valentine for Dave Valentin".

      Dave valentin biography There will be two shows on August 28th at pm and 10pm. Bobbi Humphrey flute. Latin Crossroads Ovation Records buy. Eric Marienthal saxophone, alto.

      The Bronx Chronicle. 6 January Archived from the original on March 12, Retrieved 22 August

    12. ^Gonzalez, David (5 January ). "Latin Jazz Stalwart Struggles to Make Sweet Sounds Again". The New York Times.

      Dave valentin flute: The vinyl may or may not have done well, but I want to play until I can play no more Eric Marienthal saxophone, alto. Buy Now.

      Retrieved 22 August

    13. ^Roberts, Sam (March 8, ). "Dave Valentin, a Grammy Award-Winning Latin Jazz Flutist, Dies at Irene Cathcart, the girl he learned to Flute to meet". The New York Times. p.&#;B

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