David Virelles

David Virelles (born 1983) is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer.

Early life Virelles was born in Cuba in 1983 and grew up in Santiago. Virelles also recorded and toured with Bunnett, He started communicating via e-mail and telephone with Steve Coleman around 2006; the saxophonist gave him detailed responses to questions on music.

Virelles was part of a trio in 2010, with bassist Ben Street and drummer Andrew Cyrille, that played largely improvised music. The pianist later added percussionist Román Díaz to this group. Virelles made his ECM Records leader debut with the 2014 release Mbókò. The Guardian reviewer reported that "Virelles explores ancient Afro-Cuban sacred and ritual musics through imaginative fusions with contemporary materials. Mostly he does this by using the two basses as drones, mixing spacious chord-moods with bursts of startling improvisation in a flux of styles, and focusing much of the melody-playing on [the two] drummers." 2022 Nuna Pi With Julio Barreto (percussion) 2023 Carta Intakt With Ben Street (bass), Eric McPherson (drums, percussion)

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