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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Viva Chucho Valda(C)S Y Los Afro-Cuban Messengers!
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Today, we say “Hola!" to the Cuban-born pianist Chucho Valdés, who's bringing his band the Afro-Cuban Messengers to St. Louis for a performance next Saturday, February 11 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Valdés, who's now 70 years old, is the son of the legendary Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés, director of the house band at Havana's famed Tropicana nightclub. The younger Valdés first became known in the USA in the late 1970s as one ...
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Chucho Valdes and the Afro-Cuban Messengers at Lincoln Center
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AAJ Staff
Chucho Valdés began his late set on Friday night at the Allen Room with a sweeping solo piano introduction to the up-tempo Cuban jazz hybrid “Anabis," such a controlled detonation of music that it kicked through your defenses. That led into a fast tangle with Yaroldy Abreu Robles, the conga player of Mr. Valdés's quartet, the Afro-Cuban Messengers. And at the end of the piece came another unaccompanied piano solo: first with Mr. Valdés's hands playing identical lines an octave ...
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Celebrity Series of Boston Presents Chucho Valdes and Afro-Cuban Messengers on October 28 at Berklee Performance Center
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer Chucho Valdes is performing with the Afro-Cuban Messengers at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Thursday, October 28, 210 at 8:00 p.m. The performance is part of the Celebrity Series of Boston, which for over 70 years has brought the world's best artists to Boston for performance and arts-based education. Tickets to the show are $39, $43 and $49 and can be ordered online or by calling 617 482-6661. Valdes is a multi-Grammy Award ...
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Legendary Pianist And Composer Chucho Valdés Newest Release "Chucho’s Steps" With The Afro Cuban Messengers; First Extensive National Tour In 7 Years
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Lip Service Media
LEGENDARY PIANIST AND COMPOSER CHUCHO VALDÉS NEWEST RELEASE CHUCHO'S STEPS WITH THE AFRO CUBAN MESSENGERS FIRST EXTENSIVE NATIONAL TOUR IN SEVEN YEARS “Chucho Valdés,' the pianist who is the dean of Latin jazz... has never been anything less than impressive when he has played in New York, showing magnificent power, clarity and speed in his playing." —New York Times Chucho Valdés' newest release, Chucho's Steps, is as much of a discovery for the preeminent pianist as for his audience. In ...
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