Feliz Cumpleaños Chucho Valdés. ‘Qui Va Chucho Va Piano’

This day (October 9, 1941), in Quivicán, Cuba, is born Chucho Valdés, a Cuban pianist, bandleader and founder of Irakere.

WATCH IN FULL
RVM prescreen

Tracklist :

1 . Jazz Batá 2 (2019)

2 . El Gueije (2018)

3 . w/Kenny Garrett – Chucho’s Step (2017)

4 . w/ Paquito D’Rivera – en la Casa Blanca (2016)

5 . Lorena’s Tango (2015)

6 . w/ Buica – Siboney, My One And Only Love, Santa Cruz (2014)

7 . w/ Bebo Valdes- La Comparsa Calle 54 (2013)

8 . w/ Archie Shepp – Mambo influenciado (2011)

9 . El Manicero

10 . w/ Archie Shepp Afro-Cuban Project – Yansa (2011)

11 . w/ Paquito D’Rivera /Guajira Para Bebo (2008)

12 . Tumbao (2004)

13 . Live In Cuba (1998)

14 . Mambo Influenciado

15 . w/ Irakere – Live In Puerto Rico

AUDIO TOP 10

Chucho Valdes Top 10 :

Danzón . Paraules D’amor . Mambo Influenciado . Nanu . La Comparsa . Embraceable You . Rhapsody in Blue . Las Dos Caras (Both Sides) . Las Dos Caras (Both Sides) . A Mi Madre .

READ

Wikipedia : This day (October 9, 1941), in Quivicán, Cuba, is born Chucho Valdés, a Cuban pianist, bandleader and founder of Irakere.

Chucho Valdés : The positive musical environment of his family allowed him to enter into the knowledge fluently in several styles and genres of music. At the age of 15 he formed his first Jazz Trio with Emilio del Monte and Luis Rodríguez.

Official Web Site :

@last.fm : In 1967, he formed the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna and, in 1973, he founded Irakere, the top Cuban jazz orchestra; among its original members were Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D’Rivera. Valdes has been Irakere’s musical director almost from the start and has recorded with the full band, in small groups, and as an impressive solo pianist.

@Discogs :

BUY

FROM THIS ARTIST

AMAZON . MORE JAZZ?at=10l4ZU’ target=’_blank’>ITUNES . CD UNIVERSE