On “Grupo Irakere aka Vol. 3” there is more of the swinging fusion of the first album, with a sequel to "Bacalao Con Pan" ("Moja El Pan") and the robust, fascinating, electric guitar-enhanced mini-suite "Juana 1600."
A couple of tunes are closer to standard Cuban dance music: "Camagüey" and the traditional "Xiomara Mayoral - Xiomara" sound much like what Los Van Van was playing in this period.
Paquito D'Rivera gets to show off his chops on the jazz instrumentals "En Nosotros" and "Iyá," while "38 1/2," with a squealing guitar lead, an enjoyably unburnished vocal, and a sing-along vocal chant, sounds like Nuyorican salsa at its most experimental.

Irakere

Grupo Irakere aka Vol. III (‘Camagüey’-Edition)

1979 / 1995


CD / 1995 / 320Kbps

Tracklist:

1 Camaguey

2 38 1/2

3 En Nosotros

4 Juana 1600

5 Moja El Pan

6 Este Camino Largo

7 Xiomara Mayoral Xiomara

8 Iya

Irakere:

Jesús "Chucho" Valdés, piano

Enrique Plá, drums

Carlos Emilio Morales, guitar

Paquito D'Rivera and Carlos Averhoff, saxophone, clarinet

Arturo Sandoval and Jorge Varona, trumpets

Carlos Del Puerto, bass

Oscar Valdés, Jorge Alfonso and Armando Cuervo, percussion


“Grupo Irakere” aka “Vol. III” (LD-3660, 1976 / LD-3926, 1979)
Using multiple covers for the same album is one of EGREM's favorite tricks, but in this case they outdid themselves, releasing two albums, at least 2 years apart, with different numbers (LD-3660 and LD-3926), the same covers, and different tracklists. On LD-3926 from 1979 “Chéquere-son” is replaced by “Camagüey”.
It's hard to say why this happened, but when EGREM issued the egregiously under-documented 11-CD “La Colección”, they very unfortunately used LD-3926, calling it Vol. 3, even though most or all of its tracks were recorded and released before the album they called Vol. 2!!! [Source: Timba]


Irakere
Grupo Irakere aka Vol. III
1979 / 1995