℗ 2023 Criss Cross
Released June 30, 2023
Duration 1h 09m 20s
Record Label Criss Cross
Catalogue No. CRISS1416
Genre Jazz
 

Vessel

Manuel Valera Quintet

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1.1
Blues for Kenny K
Manuel Valera Quintet
7:21
1.2
First Day
Manuel Valera Quintet
8:20
1.3
Pablo
Manuel Valera Quintet
7:39
1.4
Sunset
Manuel Valera Quintet
6:43
1.5
Garzonian
Manuel Valera Quintet
7:17
1.6
Alma
Manuel Valera Quintet
5:16
1.7
Crisis
Manuel Valera Quintet
8:42
1.8
Remembrance
Manuel Valera Quintet
5:08
1.9
Chance
Manuel Valera Quintet
5:30
1.10
Mr. Henderson
Manuel Valera Quintet
7:24
Manuel Valera advises his students at New York University to write music every day. “I tell them that composition is essentially another instrument – the more you practice, the better you get at it,” says the 42-year-old piano master, who, by his count, has generated some 200 recorded pieces since he entered the fray in the early aughts. Vessel, Valera’s second album for Criss Cross, showcases eight recent works, each “honoring a different person who’s influenced my music.” Valera made it in January 2023, nine years after presenting another eight originals on In Motion which featured a slamming iteration of his New Cuban Express ensemble, whose eponymous first album had earned a 2013 Grammy nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album.”
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Criss Cross Studio Masters
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-0.60
-0.60 to -0.60
-15.36
-17.19 to -14.13
-12.67
-14.80 to -11.40
9
8 to 11
1
Blues for Kenny K
-0.60-14.13-11.49
2
First Day
-0.60-14.54-11.89
3
Pablo
-0.60-16.48-13.79
4
Sunset
-0.60-15.58-12.99
5
Garzonian
-0.60-15.11-12.310
6
Alma
-0.60-17.04-14.411
7
Crisis
-0.60-14.20-11.58
8
Remembrance
-0.60-17.19-14.811
9
Chance
-0.60-15.05-12.18
10
Mr. Henderson
-0.60-14.27-11.89

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