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CHUCHO VALDES


BIO:
Chucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists. Wikipedia Born: October 9, 1941 (age 71), Quivicán, Cuba Parents: Bebo Valdés Albums: Chucho's Steps, Juntos Para Siempre, El Último Trago, More Music groups: Irakere, Bebo Valdés y Chucho Valdés Children: Chuchito Valdés

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Chucho Valdés Releasing 'Cuba & Beyond' Album in Celebration of 60-Year Recording Car Photo Chucho Valdés Releasing 'Cuba & Beyond' Album in Celebration of 60-Year Recording Career
by Josh Sharpe - August 12, 2024

Acclaimed living legend of Afro-Cuban music, seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and six-time Latin GRAMMY Award winner Chucho Valdés celebrates his lauded 60-year recording career with an instant-classic, Cuba & Beyond, set for release on Friday, August 30, 2024. Listen to a single now!...

Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits Return With the Ambitious New Album 'On Different Photo Marlon Simon and the Nagual Spirits Return With the Ambitious New Album 'On Different Paths'
by Michael Major - November 01, 2023

Drummer, percussionist and composer Marlon Simon has traveled myriad different paths over the course of his nearly four-decade career. There is the personal journey that has led him from a small town in his native Venezuela to pursuing jazz in Philadelphia, New York, and now his current home in Katy...

NIN3S Releases Debut Album 'Hopeyard' Photo NIN3S Releases Debut Album 'Hopeyard'
by Michael Major - May 03, 2022

NIN3S shares his full album ‘Hopeyard’ which comes out today on Dorado Records with the moody alt-soul focus track, ‘The Tunnel’ featuring Irvin Suave. The music video for ‘The Tunnel’ is a powerful visualisation of Suave’s lyrics, directed by Spanish filmmakers Fernando Mascaro and Marta Barrios....

OneBeat Announces 2019 Tour Featuring Twenty-Five Pioneering Musicians From Seventeen Photo OneBeat Announces 2019 Tour Featuring Twenty-Five Pioneering Musicians From Seventeen Countries
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 04, 2019

OneBeat, a cultural exchange initiative of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs produced by Bang on a Can's Found Sound Nation, is among the world's leading music diplomacy programs.  From September 16 - October 12, 2019, twenty-five innovative and socially engag...

Quincy Jones QWEST TV, 'The Netflix of Jazz,' to Launch 12/15 Photo Quincy Jones QWEST TV, 'The Netflix of Jazz,' to Launch 12/15
by Emily Bruno - December 07, 2017

Qwest TV, the world's first subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform dedicated to jazz and jazz-inspired music forms founded by music legend Quincy Jones in collaboration with French jazz impresario and television producer Reza Ackbaraly, announced today its official global launch date set for D...

Hilario Duran to Release New Album 'Contumbao,' on ALMA Records 9/23
by Caryn Robbins - September 13, 2017

Hilario Duran makes a triumphant musical homecoming on his new album Contumbao (to be released on ALMA Records on September 23, 2017)....












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