Chucho Valdés
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. Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well. As a solo artist, he has won seven Grammy Awards and four Latin Grammy Awards.
Genre: jazz, latin-jazz, son-cubano, nueva-trova
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Top Tracks
- La Comparsa
- Nanu
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- Homenaje A Ellington - Medley
- Los Guiros
- Sin Clave Pero Con Swing
- Solar
- Feliz Cumpleaños
- Begin to Be Good
- Chucho's Steps
- New Orleans (A Tribute to The Marsalis Family)
- Zawinul's Mambo
- Danzón
- Las dos Caras (Both sides)
- Habanera Sola
- Mambo Influenciado - En Vivo
- Julián
- Yansá
- Encadenados
- Paraules d'Amor
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