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Chuchito Valdes
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Jesus "Chuchito" Valdés - (Pianist, arranger, composer, bandleader) Born in Havana Cuba, Chuchito Valdes comes from one of the most distinguished musical families in Cuba. He has recorded and performed piano with the world renown Cuban band, Irakere, which he led for 2 years. He has performed at festivals, clubs and concerts throughout the world: from Cuba and the Caribbean, across the United States and South America, and throughout Europe. Some of his worldwide appearances have included Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London and Green Dolphin Street in Chicago, The Jazz Festivals of Havana, Cancun and Merida, as well as a recent festival performance in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Music Festival
Afro-Cuban jazz under the banyan trees
Latin fire is in pianist Chuchito Valdés' genes. He's the son of Chucho Valdés and grandson of the late Bebo Valdés, two of Cuba's venerable jazz pianists.Though now based in Cancun, Mexico, he carries on the family tradition, much like his globetrotting father. Chuchito shared many elements of his Afro-Cuban jazz technique with a crowd beneath ...
Cape May Jazz Festival's 33rd Edition
by Sandy Ingham
Cape May Jazz FestivalCape May, NJApril 16-18, 2010If there's a formula for putting on a successful jazz festival, both artistically and box- office-wise, Cape May's got it. Need some straight-ahead hard bop: Check: How about Tim Warfield and his quintet's tribute to organist Shirley Scott? Some fusion-ey jazz/pop for those less ...
30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival
by Matt Marshall
Hank Jones / Corea, Clarke & White Sean Jones / Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Alfredo Rodriguez / Dennis Coffey / Wayne Shorter Quartet Chuchito Valdes / Stefon Harris & Blackout 30th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan ...
Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club Latin Jazz Legacy Series
Creole Restaurant and Music Supper Club Latin Jazz Legacy Series Presents the Great Chuchito Valdes Friday August 14th & Saturday August 15th Showtimes 8:00PM & 10:00PM Following in the footsteps of his famed father Chucho Valdes and grandfather Bebo Valdes, Chuchito Valdes continues the legacy of great piano players from Cuba – with influences ...
Special Solo Performance: Chuchito Valdes at Creole in NYC
Creole Restaurant and Supper Club Proudly Presents The Son of Chucho Valdes and the Grandson of Bebo Valdes, Chuchito Valdes Friday August 14 & Saturday August 15 2 sets 8:00 & 10PM $15 music cover charge per set Reservation suggested Special solo piano performance! Following in the footsteps ...
Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans
by Jack Bowers
Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...
2009 Caramoor Jazz Festival to Feature Reeves, Walton, Valdes, Weston, and More
Katonah, New York - The 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival, hailed by The New York Times as ... the loveliest Festival of them all," presents its 16th Annual Jazz Festival on August 1 and 2 at the Venetian Theater. Jazz Producer Jim Luce assembles a star-studded line-up of both jazz legends and new forces on ...
Chuchito Valdes at the UCPAC
Presented by UCPAC and Produced by PianoCulture.com Sponsored by Northfield Bank Foundation Piano Masters Series inaugural event featuring CHUCHITO VALDES with guest host Terrance McKnight: Friday, March 20, 2009 at 8PM: Tickets: $35 Box Office: 732-499-8226 or online at www.ucpac.org Union County Performing Arts Center presents the Piano Masters Series inaugural event featuring a rare solo ...