Ramón Valle

Ramón Valle
Ramón Valle
	Ramón Valle, offside Festival 2008
Background information
Born	October 29, 1964 (age 59); Holguín, Cuba
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Piano
Website	ramonvallemusic.com

Luis Ramón Valle Sánchez (born December 29, 1964^{[note 1]}) is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer.

Life and career

Valle was born on December 29, 1964, in Holguín, Cuba.^[1] He left Cuba in the 1990s.^[2]

Playing style

An NPR reviewer of Valle's Take Off commented that "When Ramon Valle keeps it crisp, he can hardly go wrong, with percolating bass and drums at his back. But the pianist also has a more romantic, even schmaltzy side, where he tries to wow you with a ballad. Then he may show off his technique in a way that doesn't help".^[2]

Discography

An asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded	Title	Label	Notes
2001	Danza Negra	ACT	Quintet, with Perico Sambeat (alto sax, soprano sax), Carlos Puig (trumpet), Omar Rodriguez (bass), Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez (drums)
2004*	No Escape	ACT	Trio, with Omar Rodríguez Calvo (bass), Liber Torriente (drums)
2005	Piano Works IV: Memorias	ACT	Solo piano
2008	Fabulas	Budapest Music Center	With Eric Vloeimans (trumpet), Gabor Winand (vocals)
2009*	Playground	RVS	Trio, with Omar Rodríguez Calvo (bass), Owen Hart, Jr. (drums)
2011	Flashes from Holland	RVS	Quartet, with Jesse van Ruller (guitar), Omar Rodríguez Calvo (bass), Owen Hart, Jr. (drums)
2015*	Take Off	In + Out	Trio, with Omar Rodríguez Calvo (bass), Ernesto Simpson (drums)
2017*	The Time is Now	In + Out	Trio, with Omar Rodríguez Calvo (bass), Jamie Peet (drums)

As sideman

Year recorded	Leader	Title	Label
2014–15	Gerardo Núñez	Jazzpaña Live	ACT

Notes

^ This is according to his own website. Other sources give October 29, 1964. See "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2015.

References

^ "Ramon Valle, Extended Biography" Archived 2019-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 6, 2015. ramonvallemusic.com
^ ^a ^b Whitehead, Kevin (May 18, 2015) "In 'Take Off', Ramon Valle Makes the Piano Sing". npr.org.

[1] This is according to his own website. Other sources give October 29, 1964. See "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 6, 2015.

[AM-2] "Ramon Valle, Extended Biography" Archived 2019-01-31 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 6, 2015. ramonvallemusic.com

[npr-3] Whitehead, Kevin (May 18, 2015) "In 'Take Off', Ramon Valle Makes the Piano Sing". npr.org.

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