name

Chucho Valdes, Piano

dates

b. October 09, 1941

birth place

Quivican, Cuba

description

Formidable bandleader-composer, founder of Cuba’s great jazz institution Irakere; as Cuban artists began to gain greater access to American audiences in the 1990s, his mastery has grown in stature.

hot disc

Briyumba Palo Congo

more info

http://www.valdeschucho.com/