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Mar 16, 2010 · Cuban Dreams by Chucho Valdés on Apple Music. Chucho Valdés. JAZZ · 2010. Preview. 1. Version A La Cubana. 6:09. 2. Naomi. 8:36. 3. El Guapo. 4:01. Cuando El Invierno Viene. 8:03. 5. Evocacion Para Anet. 13:34. 6. Dedicado Para New Orleans. 4:49. 7. La Giraldilla. 8:12. El Alacran. 6:54. 9. Monk Suite. 6:30.
Mar 16, 2010 · Listen to Cuban Dreams by Chucho Valdés on Apple Music. 2010. 9 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2010 CD release of "Cuban Dreams" on Discogs.
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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.
Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style.
Chuchito Valdes · Album · 2010 · 9 songs.
Aug 23, 2023 · Cuban pianist-composer-bandleader Chucho Valdés singles out jazz great Dizzy Gillespie as one of his earliest influences. When he started out in the early ’60s, “I was doing a mix of Afro-Cuban and bebop,“ he recalled. “Dizzy was a real hero for me.”
