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Review:
Maraca is a child prodigy born to a musical family, who started his musical career at the age of 16 as flute player in the world famous IRAKERE, led by CHUCHO VALDEZ, where he departed at the ripe age of 24 to embark on his own career. One of his first tasks as a solo artist was writing and arranging several hit songs on the first Cubanismo album, which in turn led him to create his own group in 1996, MARACA & OTRA VISION. Throughout the years he has produced many projects, one of which was nominated for a GRAMMY and toured all over the world sharing the stage with musical luminaries such as OSCAR DE LEON, JOSE ALBERTO "EL CANARIO", CESARIA EVORA and many more. MARACA & OTRA VISION have performed in the most prestigious festival and venues around the world, and are currently embarking on another world wide tour. Flutist and Composer Orlando "Maraca" Valle represents the new generation of cuban musicians, equally versed in jazz and indigenous Cuban styles. One of the greatest Afro Cuban bands in the world CHICAGO TRIBUNE Released in July 2005 on the french label On The Corner (Nocturne)
— CalabashMusic.com
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