Chucho Valdes - ( Samba De Juán ) - Jazz.mpg

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Dionisio de Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, conocido como "Chucho Valdés" nacio el 9 de Octubre de 1941, Quivicán, Cuba. Pianista y jazzista cubano, fundador del grupo Irakere. Hijo del también pianista Bebo Valdés, comenzó a tocar el piano a la edad de tres años y a los 16 ya tenía su propio grupo. En 1960 su padre se marchó de Cuba dejando atrás a Chucho. En 1967 formó la Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna y en 1973 Irakere, la principal orquesta cubana de jazz. Entre los primeros miembros de Irakere estaban Arturo Sandoval y Paquito D'Rivera.
Chucho Valdés (born Jesús Dionisio Valdés in Quivicán, Cuba, October 9, 1941is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists. His father is the famed Cuban pianist and former director of Havana's famous "Tropicana" night club band Bebo Valdés.

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