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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. Irakere broke into the momentum and effects of a revolution in the cuban musical life of the 70s of the last century. Irakere fauxyoruba for forest is a cuban band founded by pianist chucho valdes son of bebo valdes in 1973. Lorem ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. On the one hand, the volume is an explainer for musicians who feel intimidated by the complexities of afrocuban rhythms. In 1972 he founded the group irakere, one of cubas bestknown latin jazz bands. He brought leo brouwer, a classical guitar living legend, into the project and the point was clearly made. Irakere was born for jazz and popular dance music, well. Chucho valdes listen and stream free music, albums, new. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a. Find irakere discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Chucho s steps by chucho valdes 20100831 four quarters, 4q. 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.
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