Dave Valentin
David Joseph Valentin (born April 29, 1952 in Bronx , New York City , † March 8, 2017 ) was an American Latin jazz flutist .
Live and act
At the age of nine, Valentin, whose parents come from Puerto Rico , learned to play bongos and congas and was twelve years old to play in New York's Latin clubs . It was not until he was 18 that he began to learn the flute . His flute teacher, Hubert Laws , advised him not to learn the saxophone because of his attractive approach to the flute. He graduated from the Bronx Community College .
In 1977 he was involved in the first recordings (with the group of Ricardo Marrero). Producers Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen built him on the GRP label as a popular artist in the USA. Valentin released more than 15 albums under his own name, combining pop music, R&B, Brazilian music and Latin jazz to create a sleek and catchy form of crossover jazz. In 2002 he played the album The Gathering as main soloist with the Caribbean Jazz Project , which won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album in 2003.
The documentary Calle 54 , which was about the Latin jazz scene in the USA, showed him performing with Tito Puente . His last albums World on a String (2005) and Come Fly with Me (2006) were released on Highnote . In 2006 he was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award . In his last album, Pure Imagination (2011), he recorded five flutes using overdubbing techniques . After a stroke in 2012, Valentin could no longer perform.
Web links
- Dave Valentin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dave Valentin at Allmusic (English)
- Dave Valentin at Discogs (English)
- David Gonzalez: Hanging Out With Cool Cats. Portrait in the New York Times , June 3, 2011, accessed March 9, 2017
- David Gonzalez: Latin Jazz Stalwart Struggles to Make Sweet Sounds Again. New York Times , January 5, 2014, accessed March 9, 2017
supporting documents
- ↑ Nate Chinen: Dave Valentin, Virtuoso Flutist with a Foundation in Latin-Jazz, Dies at 64. WBGO , March 8, 2017, accessed on March 9, 2017 (English).
- ^ Obituary in JazzTimes
- ↑ Tom Schnabel: Jazz & Latin Flutist Dave Valentin Suffers Stroke and Trying to Recover . Rhythmplanet on KCRW-FM , May 24, 2012, accessed March 9, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Valentin, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valentin, David Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Latin jazz flutist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bronx , New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 2017 |
| Place of death | Bronx , New York City , New York , United States |