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Cuba’s Havana D’Primera orchestra announces European tour

• August 24, 2022

“We are on fire. I take part of the CD “Será que Se Acabó” (It is Over) that I have not played live yet,” orchestra leader Alexander Abreu confirmed on Facebook, where he published the poster of the tour to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the group.

The first stopover during the tour will be in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, and from there they will go to Bulgaria (Sofia), Germany (Hamburg), Finland (Helsinki), France (Paris), Italy (Florence, Mantova, Naples), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), Switzerland (Bern) and Spain (Seville, Madrid, Tenerife, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Bilbao).

The CD, coproduced by Producciones Abdala and the Spanish company Páfata, won the 2022 Cubadisco Grand Award, as well as two other awards in the Dance Music and Sound Design sections, by bringing together twenty musical hits from the 1980s and 1990s.

Founded in 2007 by Abreu, the orchestra rescued famous son and salsa songs in Cuba together with musicians Elito Reve, Manolito Simonet, Samuel Formell, Cesar Pupy Pedroso, Maykel Blanco, Alain Perez, Giraldo Piloto, Adalberto Alvarez and Jose Luis Cortes, among others.

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ALEXANDER ABREU Y HAVANA D’PRIMERA

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HAVANA D’PRIMERA was founded by Alexander Abreu and is undoubtedly the most important new salsa orchestra in Cuba in last 20 years. As a composer and arranger Alexander is a class of his own – he is responsible for many of the top hits in Cuba in recent time. Not only his unmistakable voice characterizes the sound of the band – Alexander is also the outstanding trumpet player of his generation.  

Starting as a musician in Paulito FG’s band, Alexander became famous overnight and has been considered since than the reference of studio trumpet players, enriching recordings from Cuban top artists. Alexander also distinguished himself from the beginning as a background singer with style-defining choruses and mambos.  

On Havana D’Primera, he ventured to the center of the stage, directly into the spotlight. Groove of the band revolves around his characteristic voice since the very first song of the debut album ‘Haciendo Historia’. The list of hits is long: from ‘Carita de Pasaporte’, ‘La Bailarina’ to ‘Al final de la vida’ and the Hmyne: ‘Me dicen Cuba’.  

Each musician in Havana D’Primera’s 15-piece lineup is among the best in their field on the sugarcane island. The band’s unique sound carries throughout the concert, providing the foundation for Alexander’s voice and stunning trumpet solos. The so unusual moment when the lead singer reaches for the trumpet laid down next to him is a magical moment.  

Alexander Abreu is one of the top stars of Cuban music. The band’s latest album ‘Se acabó’ was Grammy nominated in the winter of 2022 and seamlessly follows the previous albums showered with awards.  

Melodic, powerful, irresistibly danceable. HAVANA D’PRIMERA – the present and future of Cuban music! A must have!

‘To cut a long story short: when we arrive in Havana Airport tonight, the first thing I’ll do is head to a concert by this band.’ (Kevin Moore, timba.com)

Alexander Abreu – Vocals, Trumpet, Band Leader

Amaury Pérez – Trombone  

Yoandy Argudín – Trombone  

Uyuni Martínez – Trumpet  

Lázaro Antonio González – Trumpet  

Jose Luis Hernández – Saxophone  

Yusef Díaz – Piano  

Yosvel Alexei Bernal – Keyboard, Chorus  

Enrique Luis Pérez – Chorus  

Raúl Tobías Gil – Bass  

Aniel Tamayo – Drums, Percussion

Guillermo del Toro – Congas, Percussion  

Jose Julian Morejon – Percussion  

Yaseer Mejías – Güiro  

Bruno Rogelio Nápoles – E-Guitar

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Alexander Abreu Manresa was born September 6, 1976 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He comes from a family of nonprofessional musicians, including his grandfather who taught him to play the tres guitar.

As a boy, he wanted to be an athlete, but his mother took him to a school that tested abilities and he got the highest scores in music. Alexander started studying trumpet at age 11 and credits his mother for inspiring him to practice and pursue his career.

Originally, Abreu wanted to give up the trumpet and take up the flute, but his teachers understood his talent and insisted, predictively, that he stick to the brass instrument. At 18, the young musician moved to Havana to continue his studies at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Arte (ENA), a breeding ground for Cuba’s best musicians. He graduated in 1994 and later would return as a professor, teaching trumpet.

In Havana, Abreu found himself at the focal point of the timba music upsurge that rocked Cuba in the early 1990s, marking an exciting evolution in the way Afro-Cuban dance music, or salsa, was performed. He played for six years with the innovative band of singer Paulito FG, one of the leading stars of the timba wave. Abreu’s skills were forged in this powerful ensemble, working together with two musicians he considers his greatest influences – Carmelo Andrés, his trumpet teacher; and producer/arranger Juan Manuel Ceruto. Several band-mates from this influential ensemble would go on to form part of Havana D’Primera, including Ceruto.

Abreu has also played and/or recorded with virtually every major act during one of the most exciting and creative eras in Cuban music. He was a member of the popular and esteemed band led by singer Isaac Delgado, who now lives in Miami.

As a highly sought-after studio musician, Abreu has recorded with top acts in different styles, including famed dance band Los Van Van and powerful fusion group Irakere. He has also worked with poetic singer-songwriters such as Pablo Milanés and Amaury Pérez, who played trombone in Havana D’Primera. In addition, Abreu was recruited for previous all-star projects, such as the touring timba band named Team Cuba and the Grammy-winning Cuban roots recording “La Rumba Soy Yo.”

After the Cuban dance music scene started declining in 2000, Abreu traveled to Europe and spent time in Denmark, where he was invited to give master classes in trumpet and Cuban music at the jazz conservatory of Copenhagen. During an extended stay there, he joined Grupo Dansón, a band composed of Cuban and Danish musicians, serving as arranger and composer. Abreu appeared in Europe’s top music festivals and in 2002 he performed on the same stage with Sting, Lou Reed and James Brown as part of the benefit concert “Pavarotti & Friends.”

The time he spent performing abroad helped Abreu avoid the consequences of other Cuban timba bands, often considered too tailored to a home crowd and too hard for outsiders to dance to.

“I believe that to live outside of Cuba for a time has been one of the keys to the hallmark of this group ,” said Abreu of his band. “ Because I learned how to interact with people that don’t speak the language. I learned how to spread that same happiness and energy….You have to be precise with the rhythms and arrangements. You have to make sure that they are understandable, that they are solid, that they are clear, so that people understand .”

By 2007, Abreu was back in Havana putting together his own band. The aspiring bandleader returned home with only an developing concept, inspired by a New York salsa band he had seen in Copenhagen. There, he had watched the Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra, a group of veteran salsa musicians who came together with a common determination – to recapture some of the original sound and excitement of the great salsa bands of the 1970s. The group, led by pianist Oscar Hernandez who had played with salsa greats such as Ray Barretto and Ruben Blades, managed to generate enough nostalgia to initiate a one-band salsa revival, touring the world and recording various popular albums featuring star vocalists such as Blades.

“ That served as an inspiration to do something similar with session musicians in Havana, ” said Abreu. “ It gave me the strength to come to Cuba and say, ‘I can do it here.’ From that idea, basically, Habana D’Primera is born .”

Abreu brought together an ensemble of experienced musicians who had played with some of the best bands of that exhilarating era, a golden age of contemporary Cuban salsa and timba. Concerned about the decline of Afro-Cuban dance music, Abreu decided to continue the great tradition started by the very bands he had played with, such as Paulito FG y Su Elite and Isaac Delgado.

Since 2000, many of the leading timba stars had left Cuba, including Manolin, Isaac Delgado and Carlos Manuel, all of whom were Abreu’s colleagues and collaborators. In the meantime, young fans in Cuba flocked to foreign pop music styles such as rock, rap and reggaeton, leaving the legacy of Cuba’s rich native dance music to decay.

For Abreu and his new band, the challenge of generating a revival was overwhelming. No new Cuban dance band had managed to break into the top tiers of popular music acts since the turn of the century, when Cesar Pedroso broke away from Los Van Van and formed his own band, Pupy y Los Que Son, Son. Record companies, radio stations and nightclubs all focused on the latest fads, especially reggaeton which had removed salsa off the music charts. Amazingly, so many deejays had turned to reggaeton that there was no place to dance salsa in the capital of the country where the music was invented.

The crisis gave Abreu the opportunity to build a grass-roots fan base just like the timba pioneers had done at the start of the dance music movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s. That was known as “the special period” in Cuban history, a time of extreme economic difficulty when bands were forced to practice in the dark due to frequent blackouts and try out their material on stage due to a lapse in record production. For a while, Cuban dance music was all about the live performance, a need that helped stimulate creativity. Following his predecessors, Havana D’Primera began working live shows, building a following the old-fashioned way, one fan at a time.

Before long, fans were packing Havana d’Primera’s regular Tuesday shows at Casa de la Musica, a club and cultural center in the residential Miramar section of Havana. Even though they had not yet released a record, loyal fans memorized song lyrics from the live shows.

The weekly concerts were essential to the band’s development. Soon, the unknown band started to develop an underground buzz.

Havana D’Primera recorded its first album Haciendo Historia in 2009.

In 2012, Abreu performed as an actor in the movie 7 Days in Havana, in the section “Tuesday Jam Session” with Serbian film director and musician Emir Kusturica.

The album “Cantor del Pueblo” won the Cubadisco Award in 2018.

Discography:

Haciendo Historia (EGREM, 2009) Pasaporte (Páfata Productions, 2013) La Vuelta al Mundo (Páfata Productions, 2015) Cantor del Pueblo (Páfata Productions, 2018)

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We greatly enjoyed the HDP concert on June 30, 2018 at "Alte Kaserne" in Zurich!

Alexander Abreu and his band gave a fantastic life performance with superb sound quality. A beautiful, epic sax solo led into "Tres Dias", the latest hit from their new album "Cantor del Pueblo". Alexander and his Coro sang beautifully, supported by the band's sophisticated rhythmic foundation and the outstanding melodic accompaniments of its brass section. The crowd got excited immediately with "manos p'arriba" and started singing along. As the magic of HDP’s sound unfolded, its 14 fine musicians performed several songs from their new album, as well as many of their dance floor mega hits like "Venenosa" and "Sorpresa". It was a magic experience!

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" SERÁ QUE SE ACABÓ "

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Record Label: Páfata Productions & Produciones Abdala

Release date: 2 021

"CANTOR DEL PUEBLO"

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Record Label: Páfata Productions

Release date: 2 018

NOMINATIONS :

Latin Grammy 201 8 - "Best Salsa Album"

Lucas 2019 - " Best Popular Dance Music Video" (Videoclip "Tres días" )

"LA VUELTA AL MUNDO"

Release date: 2015

Cubadisco 2015 - "Best Popular Dance Music Album" & "Grand Cubadisco Award"

Lucas 2016 - "Best Popular Dance Music Video" (Videoclip "La Vuelta al Mundo") & "Special Awards" (Videoclip "Me Dicen Cuba")

" PASAPORTE "

Release da te: 2013

Cubadisco 2013 - "Best Popular Dance Music Album"

Lucas 201 2 - "Best Choreographic Video" (Videoclip " Al Final de la Vida ") Los Angeles T ime 2020 - One of the 10 best Latin albums of the decade

" HACIENDO HISTORIA "

Record Label: EGREM

Release date: 2009

Cubadisco 2010 - "Album Debut"

" AZOWANO "

Release date: 2020

"MÁS ROLLO QUE PELÍCULA"

Record Label: Páfata Productions & Producciones Abdala

"AVENTURA LOCA"

"RAZA REMIX"

Record Label: EGREM & Páfata Productions

"RAZA"

"QUIERO VERTE OTRA VEZ"

"ENERGÍAS OSCURAS" (BACHATA)

"ENTRE LO BUENO Y LO MALO"

Release date: 2018

"TRECE REMIX"

"ME DICEN CUBA" &

"ROSA LA PELIGROSA"

Release date: 2013

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