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Chucho Valdés

Cuban musician

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.

Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well. As a solo artist, he has won seven Grammy Awards and four Latin Grammy Awards.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • A Jéssica
  • Adiva
  • Aguanile bonko
  • Amanecer
  • Berceuse (a Jessie)
  • Boliviana
  • Canción para Yousy
  • Caridad amaro
  • Claudia
  • Cuando canta el corazon
  • Dembo
  • Desde Longina (a Manuel Corona)
  • Evocación No. 1 (a Ignacio Cervantes)
  • Evocación No. 2 (a Manuel Saumell)
  • Evocación No. 3 (a Lico Jiménez)
  • Evocación No. 4 (a José White)
  • Flute Notes
  • Invitación
  • Jica
  • Mambo Influenciado
  • Mirando arriba
  • Misa negra (The Black Mass)
  • Moane
  • Mr. Bruce
  • Neurosis
  • Osún
  • Oyambo
  • Santa Amalia
  • Triton
  • Una Trade En Alamar