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South County
Maykel Elizarde Group
Maykel Elizarde tres
Yudelkys Peréz Jure vocals
Maykel Elizade’s SOUTH COUNTY makes the case for becoming the definitive collection of son cubano. Building on a Cuban tres foundation, this recording takes listeners on a sonic tour of the island nation. Cultural standards “Corazon Rebelde” and “Gracias a La Vida” are interwoven with Elizarde’s own compositions including the “Condado Sur.” The album opens with a spoken intro asking listeners to compare the music to an ajiaco –a traditional Cuban stew—in which many ingredients blend together to create a common taste, and with South County, a common vision.
An immensely talented player of the Cuban Tres, Maykel once thought the instrument was meant to be played only by elders. This changed for him later in life as he became one of the instrument’s signature players. In 1998, he formed Trovarroco and later Maykel’s Quartet, combining jazz and other forms of Cuban music. He is a 2010 recipient of Cuba’s National Culture Distinction. South County is Elizarde’s first release on Ansonica.
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Track Listing & Credits
| # | Title | Composer | Performer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Intro (Music of Cuba) | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass; Cecilia Ruano Payrol, spoken word | 1:57 |
| 02 | Condado sur | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass | 5:09 |
| 03 | Picaflor | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass; Juan Manuel Campos Martínez, violin & choir | 5:46 |
| 04 | Cecilia | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass; Leannee Veitía Mestres, violin; Jose Carlos, percussion & cajón | 6:15 |
| 05 | Influencias | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass; Yoandry Guerra Delgado, guitar | 7:55 |
| 06 | Corazón rebelde | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass | 6:37 |
| 07 | Buenos Aires | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass; Alejandro Yera Tejeda, clarinet | 5:09 |
| 08 | Gracias a la vida | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass | 5:13 |
| 09 | Besame mucho | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass | 4:39 |
| 10 | Toca sonero | Maykel Elizarde Ruano | Maykel Elizarde, tres; Yudelkys Pérez, vocals; Eduardo Silveira, percussion; Yariel, lute; Dayron Ortega, guitar; Katherine Herrera de Armas, flute; Alexis Arce Bermúdez, percussion; Aldfredo Alexis Oquendo Arias, double bass & electric bass | 5:26 |
Recorded on September 5, 2014
Recording Engineer and Mastering Yenkis González Gómez
Producer Maykel Erik Elizarde Ruano
Musical Directors Maykel Erik Elizarde Ruano, Leannee Mestres
Advisor & Music Producer Lazáro García
Recording Arjona
Mixing Reynel Rodríguez Estévez & Arjona
General Producer Airín Velázquez Rodríguez
Executive Producers Bob Lord, Michael Labrie
A&R Dayron Ortega
Audio Director Jeff LeRoy
Engineering Manager Lucas Paquette
Design & Marketing Director Brett Picknell
Design Emily Roulo, Kelsey Fitzgerald
Artist Information
Maykel Elizarde
Maykel Erik Elizarde Ruano was born on February 1, 1979 in Santa Clara. He was from a very humble family where his great-grandfather, Mario Ruano Vila was a great concert guitarist in the 1950's.
Dayron Ortega
Dayron Ortega graduated from the ENA in 1996 as a guitarist. His first professional musical group was "Son del Río" in Havana, of which he was the founder. A year later, he became part of the "Melao Son" project, with which he made his first International Tour in Canada. In 2000, he was called to be the founder of the project "Pancho Amat and his Cabildo del Son," in which he performed as an instrumentalist and vocalist (guitar), until the beginning of 2015. With this group he made international tours to different countries: Spain, Italy, Vienna, Holland, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, United States, Canada, Qatar, Japan, and Angola.
