As son of wellknown ramon bebo valdes, chucho was in. The album features chuchos current group, the afrocuban messengers. Tickets for the future chucho valdes concert are now available. There is a visceral excitement in the performance, where the music is played in the idiomatic vein of irakere. Arturo ofarrill gives insight into his new album with chucho valdes feat. As one of cubas greatest latin and afrocuban jazz pianists and long an important bandleader, jesus chucho valdes has earned international renown and a devoted audience of jazz fans. Nov 11, 2015 chucho valdes, now 74, still leads the ensemble, and he put together this version of irakere, branded irakere 40, in order to highlight the incredibly talented youthful members of his current band, the jazz messengers. Dec 01, 2015 now, those who missed the pianists recent return to north america can pick up his new album tribute to irakere live in maciac, released on jazz villageharmonia mundi. Chucho valdes is a cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. Chucho valdes tour dates has recently been publicized.
Irakere 40 tour is a celebration of irakere, the cuban band that, with its bold fusion of afrocuban ritual music, popular afrocuban music styles, jazz and rock, marked a before and after in latin jazz. For forty years, the volcanic energy of the music of irakere, propelled by dance rhythms and symphonic orchestrations, brought to life a fantasy universe. Find chucho valdes discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Music profile for chucho valdes, born 9 october 1941.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. Valdes celebrated the 40th anniversary of the birth of irakere, his iconic band, with a world tour. A handful of chucho valdess most beloved tour albums. Tribute to irakere cd item 787556 jazz village, 2015. The lineup included such superlative musicians as arturo sandoval, paquito drivera, carlos averhoff, carlos emilio morales. Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger chucho valdes is the most influential figure in modern afrocuban jazz. Irakere combined traditional afrocuban music, jazz, rock and classical music. Chuchito valdes served a prestigious twoyear stint as the leader of the worldrenowned cuban band, irakere. Chucho valdes and the birth of irakere all about jazz. Chucho valdes piano fantasia cubana was nominated for the 2003 latin grammy for best latin jazz album. Live at marciac jazz village comanche music, won a grammy for the best latin jazz album in 2016. Chucho valdes biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page.
Chucho valdes, now 74, still leads the ensemble, and he put together this version of irakere, branded irakere 40, in order to highlight the incredibly talented youthful members of his current band, the jazz messengers. A fivetime grammy winner, threetime latin grammy winner, and the son of cuban jazz pioneer bebo valdes, chucho singlehandedly developed many of todays afrocuban musical hallmarks. Chuchito valdes served a prestigious two year stint as the leader of the worldrenowned cuban band, irakere. See all 6 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Originally released on the cuban state label egrem in 1997, this session likely marks the irakere swan song for chucho valdes. In 1972 he founded the group irakere, one of cubas bestknown latin jazz bands. You can find the list of chucho valdes tour dates here. Tribute to irakere chucho valdes et les afro cuban. Anniversaries being what they are, though, 2015 finds chucho honoring the groundbreaking group he founded with the brand new album tribute to irakere live in marciac jazz village and subsequent tour with the afrocuban messengers, which will bring him to symphony center on november 6.
All the piano players and flute players, in fact all the musicians. What a fantastic album cant wait to go back to cuba. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Its current incarnation permits the band to continue its legacy as a laboratory for musical experimentation and fusion of. Considered as one of the best pianists in the world, chucho is a virtuoso whose influence has been significant for all the jazz new musicians, cubans and foreigners as well. Chucho valdes, the pianist, reflects on irakere and his career. I went this past december and played flute at the jazz festival at pabellon cuba and cafemiramar. Valdess new album, tribute to irakere live in marciac jazz villageharmonia mundi, returns to the legacy of his old band, which broke. In 1972 he founded the group irakere, one of cubas bestknown. Concert schedules for all chucho valdes concerts are updated on a regular basis. These days chucho is more heavily invested in his piano work than in leading this stellar aggregation, a task he has relinquished. Chucho valdes is at the top of his game here, on tribute to irakere live in marciac. Chucho valdes published the hugely famous album canciones ineditas which contains some of the most listened to work from the chucho valdes catalog. Valdes may be in his seventies, but if his piano work on afrocomanche is any indication, the man still can deliver the goods.
Afrofunk lives up to its title with a sound that plays to some of irakeres jazz and rock influences. On tribute to irakere, the messengers grow from a sextet to a 10 piece orchestra, adding tenor and alto sax plus two additional trumpets, the better to approximate irakeres 11 member powerhouse lineup. Chucho valdes tour dates 2020 chucho valdes concert tickets. Chucho valdes, pianist and director, soul and nerve of irakere, is the son of the legendary cuban bebo valdes. Irakere was a band with a big sound, a sound captured once more in this tribute.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, mr. Chucho valdes e irakere, an album by chucho valdes, irakere on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The great cuban pianist chucho valdes and his countrys 40yearold irakere band played in london shortly before this recording at frances. But this 2015 tour also plays as a summing up of the extraordinary contributions of fivetime grammy and threetime latin. These lps were only originally distributed throughout cuba and have never been reedited. The centennial tribute to billie and billy is presented by berkshires jazz. Tour dates for chucho valdes is available for viewing on this page. Chucho valdes tribute to irakere lorenas tango live. Chucho valdes tribute to irakere lorenas tango live at jazz. The current edition contains all of the albums that the chucho valdes combo released on egrem between january and july of 1964. Piano great chuchito valdes serves fiery fare at ridgefield. May 09, 20 c hucho valdes, cubas most famous jazz musician, has rebalanced the repertoire of his afrocuban messengers on borderfree, mixing its americanjazz agenda the groups name deliberately. Live in marciac, an album by chucho valdes on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes.
Now, those who missed the pianists recent return to north america can pick up his new album tribute to irakere live in maciac, released on jazz villageharmonia mundi. The album contains a mere 6 selections, but two of them stretch over 17 minutes and none are shorter than 7. Browse chucho valdes irakere tour dates and order tickets for upcoming concerts near you. Jesus chucho valdes was born on october 9, 1941 in havana, cuba. Chucho valdes the complete 1964 sessions blue sounds. Valdes has distilled elements of the afrocuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. Live at marciac, dedicated to irakeres 40th anniversary, won a grammy award as the best latin jazz album of 2016.
Chucho valdes siboney, my one and only love, santa cruz. Chucho valdes tribute to irakere live in marciac cd. Nov 16, 2015 latin jazz giant and pianist chucho valdes visits page auditorium to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his groundbreaking havanabased tenpiece band irakere. Canciones ineditas has been the most requested album for fans to experience during the shows. Tribute to irakere live in marciac by chucho valdes format. Live at jazz in marciac 2015 youtube chucho valdes. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Join songkick to track chucho valdes and get concert alerts when they play near you.
Live at marciac, dedicated to irakeres 40th anniversary, won a. C hucho valdes, cubas most famous jazz musician, has rebalanced the repertoire of his afrocuban messengers on borderfree, mixing its american. But this 2015 tour also plays as a summing up of the extraordinary contributions of fivetime grammy and threetime latin grammywinning pianist, composer and bandleader. Cuban pianist and composer chucho valdes has been at the pinnacle of latin jazz since his band irakere won the grammy award for best latin performance in 1979. The album was recorded during an august concert and the jazz in marciac festival in france. A major figure in the artistic breakthrough of cuban musicians despite americas blockade of that country, he has continued to win acclaim and awards for his afrocuban sound with. Tribute to irakere live in marciac by chucho valdes. These days chucho is more heavily invested in his piano work than in leading this stellar aggregation, a task he has relinquished to son and keyboardist francisco chuchito. Jesus valdes rodriguez, better known as chucho valdes born october 9, 1941, is a cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Live in marciac the afrocuban messengers, chucho valdes on allmusic 2015. Chucho valdes celebrity profile check out the latest chucho valdes photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Afrocuban jazz, latin jazz, world fusion cd chucho.
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