Is there anyone out there with a deeper latin rhythmic sensibility, a harder swinging approach, than the former leader of irakere. Our goal in publishing it in this form is to encourage readers to write in with additions and corrections. A veritable wiki of all things related to cuban music, on volume of content alone it is by far the biggest and most extensive latin music website available on the planet. Jesus valdes rodriguez, better known as chucho valdes born october 9, 1941, is a cuban. Chucho valdes, main artist, piano afrocuban messengers, associated performer, main artist ernesto lecuona, composer carlos mas, mixing engineer, recording engineer p 2015 insularia creadores, under exclusive license to sony classical, a division of sony music entertainment. Amado borcela guapacha con chucho valdes y su combo. Apr 05, 2007 t his is a reissue of some of cuban piano master chucho valdes s earliest havana recordings in 1964 almost a decade before he founded the legendary irakere, embracing the debut of the great. Each played on a different piano, chucho being recorded on the left channel and bebo on the right. Chucho valdes has traveled to more than 50 countries performing at internationally acknowledged venues such as carnegie hall, kennedy center, lincoln center, amadeo roldan and many others. Buy and download music mp3, flac from chucho valdes. Music profile for chucho valdes, born 9 october 1941. Find chucho valdes discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic.
Musical director and pianist chucho valdes is widely regarded as the greatest living latin jazz pianist, while legendary saxophone player paquito drivera and trumpeter arturo sandoval polished their chops with irakere before defecting from cuba. May 15, 2011 chucho valdes, michel camilo and gonzalo rubalcaba rehearsal san francisco june 2015 duration. The album was recorded as a piano duet, father and son recording together for the first time in almost 50 years. Chucho valdes, pianist and director, soul and nerve of irakere, is the son of the legendary cuban bebo valdes. Irakere biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Discography discografia chucho valdes official website. Jesus chucho valdes discography of cds cd universe. Listen online songs from chucho valdes of latin, jazz, international genre. Briyumba palo congo august 1, 2001 delayed for a u. Chucho valdes p quiereme mucho gonzalo roig guajira chucho valdes alma con alma juanito marquez calle 14 chucho valdes lorena chucho valdes. Formed in the early 1970s, irakere has been the single most important cuban jazz band of contemporary times. Download and listen mp3 of chucho valdes e irakere.
Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger chucho valdes is the most influential figure in modern afrocuban jazz. With reporters from the united states, europe and latin america, the site hosts various cuban music blogs, cuban music ringtones, cuban music videos, cuban music. Many of the top cuban jazz musicians have played in irakere during the past several decades, including altoist paquito drivera and trumpeter arturo sandoval before both individually defected. Chucho valdes listen and stream free music, albums, new. Then theres chucho valdez, perhaps the big daddy of the latter group. Recordings at the newport and montreux jazz festivals were combined for a grammywinning release on the columbia label that put irakere on the map. Valdes has distilled elements of the afrocuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. Besides being the latin jazz rhythm champ, valdes has stuff going for him that nobody else does. His father is the famed cuban pianist and former director of havanas famous tropicana nightclub band bebo valdes. All albums by chucho valdes available to download and stream in high quality. Panamericana suite is a live album by cuban jazz performer paquito drivera.
In 1998, chucho won a grammy for his work with crisol. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger chucho valdes is. Starting the 60s, chucho integrated the orchestra from the musical theater of havana, coinciding in professional collaboration with leo brouwer, federico. In this album,cuban piano virtuosos and exceptionally talented composers bebo and chucho valdes, father and son, got together somewhere in. Chucho valdes, complete 1964 sessions music the guardian. Jesus valdes rodriguez, better known as chucho valdes born october 9, 1941, is a cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years.
Chucho valdes music cds following the success of chucho s steps and a series of world tours, cubas foremost pianist has developed a brand new repertoire, the culmination of his ceaseless explorations within the world of afro cuban music, which he cherishes so much. Both his father, bebo valdes, and his son, chuchito, are pianists as well. You can buy latest albums created by chucho valdes. The recordings, made in madrid in two sessions in 2007, were produced by. Considered to be among the greatest jazz pianists to come out of cuba. The legendary chucho valdes is the founder and leader of irakere, one of cubas top jazz groups, and more recently of crisol with us trumpeter roy hargrove.
In 1952, he also participated in the first afrocuban descarga, or jam session, recorded in cuba, where a group improvisation turned into the. Low prices on jesus chucho valdes discography of music albums at cd universe, with top rated service, jesus chucho valdes songs, discography, biography, cover art pictures, sound samples, albums, etc. Reviewed in the united states on december 29, 2016. Apr 19, 20 temporary post used for theme detection 73ccab93fb984d4290a619dc823a8ef8 3bfe001a32de4114a6b44005b770f6d7 this is a temporary post that was not deleted. With music streaming on deezer you can discover more than 56 million tracks, create your own playlists, and share your favourite tracks with your friends. Chucho valdess profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Live at marciac jazz village comanche music, won a grammy for the best latin jazz album in 2016.
Find irakere discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Considered as one of the best pianists in the world, chucho is a virtuoso whose influence has been significant for all the jazz new musicians, cubans and foreigners as well. New patrick dalmaces chucho valdes discography is online. Explosive, seriously alive and full of master talent. Issued just after his landmark twoweek june 1998 gig at the village vanguard and subsequent u. Cuban music legend, jesus chucho valdes is fiery hot and still impacting the jazz world with his diverse musical elements. The album was produced by jay and marty ashby, and features eight songs performed with several guest performers such as brenda feliciano, dave samuels and diego urcola, among others. This irakere discography is a work in progress a wiki of sorts.
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