Home » Jazz Musicians » Alfredo Chacon

Alfredo Chacon

Alfredo Chacon is a Cuban American composer, vibraphone player, and percussionist. His music is fresh, happy, positive and full of energy. The melodies play a very important role as much in his compositions as in his solos. Chacon is emerging as one of the most prominent voices of the vibraphone in Latin and Cuban Jazz. He combines a high technical level in his instrument with a great musical,, and harmonic knowledge.

His new album ¨Caliente Corner¨ is a wonderful sounding album featuring many Cuban rhythms like Son, Cha cha cha, Mambo, Bolero, Tango congo, Pilon, Danzon y Changui, masterly merged with the harmonies and approach of jazz. Brian Lynch, a well known and Grammy award-winning Latin jazz trumpet player is featured in two tracks of the album. His previous album, MAGIC PLACE, won a nomination to best jazz album at the Cubadisco Awards in 2013. In this album, his Cuban roots are mixed with influences from other genres like Funk, Bossa, Soul, and Bebop in a blend of beautiful melodies and groovy rhythms. The result is a fresh, colorful, joyous and elegant music full of surprises that will get the listener in a good mood.

Tags

3
Album Review

Roberto Magris: MatchPoint

Read "MatchPoint" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Registrato prima della pandemia e pubblicato lo scorso dicembre, il nuovo album del pianista triestino nasce in uno dei suoi soggiorni statunitensi. Com'è noto Roberto Magris pubblica dal 2007 con l'etichetta di Kansas City JMood Records e, come già successo col disco Live in Miami comprendente Brian Lynch, uno dei suoi “approdi" è la metropoli della Florida con la sua nutrita comunità caraibica. Qui lo troviamo a capo di un quartetto comprendente il vibrafonista e percussionista cubano Alfredo ...

11
Album Review

Alfredo Chacon: Bossing in the Rain

Read "Bossing in the Rain" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Multi-instrumentalist and Latin-jazz star Alfredo Chacon presents a Brazilian-tinged package of light bossa nova and Afro-Cuban rhythms on the sensational Bossing in the Rain, adding to his ever-growing list of music as a leader and sideman. A major voice in the Latin jazz genre, and fixture in the Miami jazz scene, Chacon honed his skills on the vibraphone and percussion by living and performing around the world. Having an affinity for the sounds of samba and bossa nova, it is ...

8
Album Review

Aldo Salvent: Ancestros

Read "Ancestros" reviewed by Edward Blanco


One of the rising young talents in the jazz world in 2020 is Cuban-born, Miami-based tenor saxophonist Aldo Salvent, who issues his second solo album entitled Ancestros, melding elements of the jazz sound with rhythms of the world, as he pays tribute to the multi-cultural background from which he hails in a musical shout out to the ancestors of our past. An educator at Florida International University and band member of the Grammy-nominated group PALO!, The Waldo Madera ...

9
Album Review

Aldo Salvent: Ancestros

Read "Ancestros" reviewed by Don Phipps


With its varied rhythms, much of Latin music possesses an erotic dance-like quality with romance never far behind. And on his album Ancestros, composer and saxophonist Aldo Salvent certainly gives credence to these generalities. The album is chock-full of music that glides through a variety of beats and patterns like a dolphin skating atop the ocean and it often has the sensual and erotic vibe of a Caribbean tropical beach scene. Joined on this effort by pianist Jim ...

Read more articles
75

Recording

Vibraphonist/percussionist Alfredo Chacon's new album is a "Magic Place" of Latin jazz, fusion, and soul

Source: Lauren Rogers

The Magic Place of vibraphonist/percussionist Alfredo Chacon is an enticing one, brimming with exotic colors and island scenery. Those who feel that jazz music can provide an escape from the daily pressures of life can find relief by soaking in Chacon's irresistibly upbeat Latin grooves. But Magic Place isn't just focused on Brazilian jazz; rather, Chacon uses Latin music as the foundation for which he layers on his other influences, namely fusion and soul. The result is a record with ...

Everything about Caliente Corner suggests that the multi-instrumentalist Alfredo Chacón is on his way to the pinnacle of his powers – both as a composer and as an instrumentalist. He could well scale greater heights in the future; that remains to be seen, but on musical evidence right here and now even if Mr. Chacón achieves nothing better than (he has) on the music of this album, he will have ample reason to be proud. It is an album of wonderful music and Mr. Chacón uses his own heavyweight presence to draw out the finest from a group that also includes several other heavyweights – trumpeter Brian Lynch and pianist Iván “Melón” Lewis, for instance

Read more

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Match Point

JMood Records
2021

buy

Bossing in the Rain

Self Produced
2020

buy

Ancestros

Self Produced
2019

buy

Caliente Corner

Cezanne Producciones
2018

buy

Yours Is The Light

From: Match Point
By Alfredo Chacon

Videos

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.