Erstwhile Sierra Maestra trumpeter Yelfris Valdés may be hiding his light under a bushel for the time being, but on the basis of ''For the Ones'' deserves to be huge.
An infectious blend of folkloric Cuban styles, crunching electronica-invoking dancefloor grooves and the heat and excitement of a rhythmic shakedown, Valdés is a Cuban Christian Scott – Afrojazz Yoruba-inspired extrovert solo lines leap up out of the percussive swirl and hit home hard to delirious effect.
Valdés plays Ronnie Scott's on 6 February.
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