The Great Victor Cuica

Victor Cuica a Complete Artist with much Latin Flavour

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Born in Caracas - Venezuela.

"Victor Cuica studied flute, harmony and composition at"" THE SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF MUSIC " in Caracas.

Victor, a musician has achieved catch, as no Another magical sense of the jazz with full force and Latin vitality. His art, its spontaneity, humor and up his low singing and full of flavor demonstrates that peculiar ability to communicate with your "public". "Caribbean jazz that interprets could move up.
His studies in flute, saxophone, harmony and composition allow you to pass from very young roads of the music, composing soundtracks of films such as: "The sea of the time" "Lost". "Manoa", "Macu" and "Santera", receiving by the latter award to Best band 1997 Sonora. In 1995 receives award as the best "Year 1994 musician".
Versatility that owns it has nowadays become one of the large exponents of the world of the show, by virtue of which is integral artist. Actor of film and television, composer of Venezuelan film soundtracks. Has alternate with Lionel Hampton, Preservation Hall, Paco de Lucía, Rocío Durcal, Earth Wind and Fire, Paquito D’ Rivera, presented in the Caribbean Islands, Costa Rica, new York, Germany, Spain, Canada. Is the first Venezuelan in participating in the Jazz festivals of Montreal and Mar del Plata, has won multiple distinctions as musician and actor. But on top of everything always has preserved this mixture of modesty and slow madness that puts us to enjoy.
His main influences in music come from Joseph "Chombo" Silva, Stan Getz, Paul Gonsalves and Sonny Rollins. While a large amount of saxophonistas sucumbren to the temptation to play the maximum amount of possible notes during a single, Cuíca gives priority to the expression, drawing on fairly economic melodic resources and percusivos, but ultimately very well designed and better achieved. Rightly the critical film Alfonso Molina wrote it in some opportunity "Victor cuíca" "is like Jazz: dark, night, patient ".
Albums Recorded :

Tierra de Gracia 1992
Noctambulo 1993
Victor Cuica & Alberto Lazo 1998
Los Locos de Caracas 1999
Temas de Peliculas.

1 Comment

  • Jul 30, 2009 at 11:14AM Lee Mergner

    Thanks for calling attention to this interesting and unheralded artist.

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