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Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands.
Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style.
Nov 1, 2015 · Chucho Valdés, the eminent Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer, carries himself with a sly balance of statesmanlike deliberation and youthful gusto. One day last month, not long before his...
Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez , más conocido como Chucho Valdés, Quivicán, Cuba, 9 de octubre de 1941), [1] es un pianista cubano de jazz afrocubano, fundador del grupo Irakere. Su padre fue el también pianista de jazz afrocubano Bebo Valdés (1918-2013).
Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style.
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Irakere: Young for 50 years. Latin jazz stars Chucho Valdés, Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera are making history once again. by Jake Cline. In 2020, with his 80th birthday less than a year away, Chucho Valdés told an interviewer that music had kept him feeling young.
Winner of six GRAMMY® and three Latin GRAMMY® Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz.
