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  • ". . . As local fans can attest, Valle has been on a path of musical exellence for the past 25 years, the last six with his group EQUINOX, making them San Diego's top Latin jazz group.
  •  - San Diego Tribune

 

  • SDMA Awards “Best Jazz” 2010, 2006, 2005, 2003

  • SDMA Awards “Best Latin Jazz" 2002, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994

  • "Vital Signs" SDMA Awards “Best Jazz Album” 2004

  • "Third Voyage" SDMA Awards “Best Jazz Album" 1998 

  • "Different World" SDMA Awards “Best Jazz Album” 1996  

  • Jaime Valle is voted “Musician of the Year 1994” by The SD Readers Poll
  • - The San Diego Reader

  • "...2010, Jaime Valle wins his 14th San Diego Music Award making him the single biggest winner in the event's history." - The San Diego Tribune

  • "...Classy, seasoned Latin jazz at its best. Jaime Valle and Equinox have the chemistry of versatility and soul in their music necessary for a great Latin jazz sound. - Digital San Diego

  • “Jaime Valle's most recent award-winning CD release, "Third Voyage," has moved jazz critic and writer, Jim Merod, to announce that ". . .this album has set his artistic course to avoid cliche and sterility of any sort.' ” - Jazz News

  • "A brilliant guitar virtuoso whose solo performances are majestic affirmations of Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and American jazz." - sandiego.sidewalk.com

  • "...Jaime Valle & Equinox - a winner in "The Best Jazz or Blues Album category" - earned a standing ovation with their intoxicating Latin Jazz brew." - SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

  • "...Fans of Latin jazz should be sure to catch the amazing Jaime Valle, a guitarist so good that at the recent San Diego Music Awards, his performance earned him a standing ovation from his otherwise jaded peers". - NIGHT & DAY

  • “The 1998 Winner of SDMA’s best blues or jazz album "Third Voyage" is a Latin jazz masterpiece featuring the 6-string aptitude of Jaime Valle. Other CDs include "Different World*Mundo Diferente" and "Round Midnight" - San Diego Insider

  • "Jaime Valle is a local treasure. His exhilarating jazz guitar work has earned him more than just a loyal local following: Valle’s known throughout the nation as one of the guiding lights of Latin jazz." - SLAMM MAGAZINE

  • ". . .Whether he's playing straight-ahead jazz, Latin jazz, or wild jazz-rock, guitarist Jaime Valle is a mainstay of our music scene!" - SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE


JAIME VALLE: VITAL SIGNS 
{BluePort Jazz BP-J012}

The first album publication of legendary jazz guitarist JAIME VALLE 
on BluePort Records is notable for its continuation of the guitar maestro's 
longstanding commitment to the combination of great sound and impeccable musical taste. 

The signal achievement of VITAL SIGNS resides in the album's celebration of life -- a cheerful, uproarious affirmation of life's generosity. Jaime Valle underwent heart surgery under the skillful hands and caring expertise of a team of surgeons who, as they operated, played his music as they did their work. VITAL SIGNS not only celebrate their success. It is a heartfelt appreciation to that team of surgeons for keeping the maestro's music going strong. 

VITAL SIGNS demonstrates that rare fact: a tribute to others that celebrates life's buoyant comic cheer need not be ponderous. The music in this album surges, sprints, gallops, and lifts one's spirit from start to finish. 

THE CUTS : Recado Bossa Nova ; Mambo Inn ; Favela ; Tres Palabras ; Serenade for a Cuckoo ; You Are Too Beautiful ; Sun Sun Babae ; 
Obsesion ; & Mi Descarga. 

THE MUSICIANS : Guitarist Jaime Valle; Percussionist Allan Philips; Bassist Bob Magnusson; Drummer Cesar Lozano; Saxophonist John Rekevics; Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos; Vocalist Quino; Drummer 
Cliff Almond; Bassist Russell Blake; Saxophonist Anthony Ortega; Trombonist Michael Dessen; Percussionist Gene Perry; Vibraphonist 
Dave Pike; Bassist Peter Skrabak. 

THE VIBE : if you are interested in mainstream and latin-inspired jazz 
that pushes both the sonic envelope and your own buttons, VITAL SIGNS is a candidate for inclusion in your car, office, main stereo rig, or anywhere you'd like the feeling of soul-satisfying joy to erupt. 

Mastered at world famous Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Jaime Valle's debut album on BluePort is a sign of jazz things on the move right now.