Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers / Jazz San Javier 2010

Chucho Valdés

Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés (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. He has won six Grammy Awards^[2] and three Latin Grammy Awards.^[3]

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Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers / Jazz San Javier 2010

Track listing 

1. Misa Negra
2. Danzón 3. New Orleans 4. Yansá 5. Begin to Be Good 6. Zawinul's Mambo 7. Obatalá 8. Los Caminos

Person

Personnel 

Chucho Valdés - piano
Lázaro Rivero - bass Juan Carlos Rojas - drums Carlos Manuel Miyares - tenor sax Reinaldo Melián - trumpet Yaroldy Abreu - percussion Dreiser Durruthy - percussion, batá, vocals Mayra Caridad Valdés - vocals

Live at XIII Festival de Jazz de San Javier, Murcia, Spain, July 8, 2010