Brenda Hopkins Miranda

Recuerdos de Granada / Memoirs From Granada

Voted the #16 album of 2009

by the Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular

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Every  once   in  a  while  one  comes  across  an  album   of   such   quality   and   beauty   that   it  restores  your  faith   in  music.  Memoirs   from  Granada   is   that   kind   of   album.   A   music  jewel   from  beginning   to   end,   in   it,   Brenda  captivates   the   listener   with   an   exquisite  fusion   of   Jazz,   music   from   Spain   and   of  course,  music  from  Puerto  Rico.    

In   fact,   there   is   no   other   recording  produced   in   Puerto   Rico   similar   to  ‘Recuerdos  de  Granada’.  Product  of  her  two  years   in   the   Andalusian   city,   it   is   a  collection  of  her  own  compositions  strongly  inspired   by   flamenco   music.   But   it   is  flamenco   with   a   Caribbean   touch,   played  by  someone  who  is  proud  of  her  heritage.  

The   music   on   the   record   is   exceptionally  visual   and   its   concept   is   intrinsically  associated   with   the   expression   of   dance.  She  offers  the  music  with  the  right  amount  

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of  authenticity  and  innovation  to  define  the  city   of   Granada,   which   she   wants   us   to  experience,   down   to   her   imitating   the  rasgueado  or  strumming  of  the  guitar.    

Without   abandoning  her   style   –   frequently  percussive  and  intense,  and  with  phrases  or  melodic   patterns   that   almost   hypnotize  through   their   insistence   -­‐   in   the   most  natural   and   organic   way   possible   Brenda  Hopkins   has   incorporated   to   her   legacy   a  great  musical  tradition.    And  along  the  way  brings   us   one   of   the   best   jazz   recordings  that  have  ever  been  made  in  Puerto  Rico.    

Musicians Brenda  Hopkins  Miranda:  piano,  palmas  Enrique  “El  Peru”  Chávez:  percussion  Héctor  Matos  /  Efraín  Martínez:  drums  Samuel Morales/Aldemar Valentín: bass Carlos Sánchez: trumpet Jeanne d’Arc S.: flamenco dancing steps

CREDITS Producer, composer, director and arranger

Brenda Hopkins Miranda

Recorded at Playbach Studios San Juan, Puerto Rico

Recording engineers Carlos Velázquez Ramón Martínez Mixing Ramón Martínez Mastering David Rodríguez Digital Recording Services

AVAILABLE ON Itunes, Amazon, CD Baby RELEASE DATE October 2009

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Photography

Alexandra Ayala

Graphic Design Jay Guadalupe Digital Recording Services