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Chucho Valdés

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Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. [1]

33 relations: Afro-Cuban jazz, Arturo Sandoval, Bebo Valdés, Berklee College of Music, Big band, Blue Note Records, Carlos Emilio Morales, Chucho Valdés, Chucho's Steps, Cuba, EGREM, Elena Burke, FAO Goodwill Ambassador, Food and Agriculture Organization, Grammy Award, Guillermo Barreto, Havana, Havana Times, Irakere, Juntos Para Siempre (Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés album), Latin Grammy Award, Latin jazz, Live at the Village Vanguard (Chucho Valdés album), Messidor, Omara Portuondo, Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Panart, Paquito D'Rivera, Quivicán, Roy Hargrove, Songo music, The Irish Times, Tropicana Club.

Afro-Cuban jazz

Afro-Cuban jazz is the earliest form of Latin jazz.

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Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer.

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Bebo Valdés

Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger.

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Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.

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Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label that is owned by Universal Music Group and operated with Decca Records.

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Carlos Emilio Morales

Carlos Emilio Morales (November 6, 1939 – November 12, 2014) was a Cuban jazz guitarist.

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Chucho Valdés

Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years.

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Chucho's Steps

Chucho's Steps is an album released by jazz pianist Chucho Valdés and his band, the Afro-Cuban Messengers.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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EGREM

EGREM (Empresa de Grabaciones y Ediciones Musicales, Spanish for Enterprise of Recordings and Musical Editions) is the national record label of Cuba.

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Elena Burke

Elena Burke (born Romana Elena Burgues Gonzalez on February 28, 1928 in Havana, Cuba – June 9, 2002 in Havana, Cuba) was a revered and popular Cuban singer of boleros and romantic ballads.

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FAO Goodwill Ambassador

The FAO Goodwill Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Guillermo Barreto

Guillermo Barreto (August 11, 1929 – December 14, 1991) was a Cuban drummer and timbalero.

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Havana

Havana (Spanish: La Habana) is the capital city, largest city, province, major port, and leading commercial center of Cuba.

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Havana Times

Havana Times is an independent Cuban blog and online magazine founded in 2008.

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Irakere

Irakere (faux-Yoruba for 'forest') is a Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés (son of Bebo Valdés) in 1973.

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Juntos Para Siempre (Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés album)

Juntos Para Siempre ("Together Forever") is the title of a studio album released by the Cuban jazz performers Bebo Valdés and Chucho Valdés on November 11, 2008.

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Latin Grammy Award

A Latin Grammy Award is an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry.

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Latin jazz

Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms.

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Live at the Village Vanguard (Chucho Valdés album)

Live at the Village Vanguard is an album by Chucho Valdés, released through Blue Note Records in 2000.

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Messidor

Messidor was the tenth month in the French Republican Calendar.

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Omara Portuondo

Omara Portuondo Peláez (born 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer and dancer.

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Orlando "Cachaíto" López

Candelario Orlando López Vergara (February 2, 1933 – February 9, 2009), better known as Cachaíto, was a Cuban bassist and composer, who gained international fame after his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings.

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Panart

Panart was one of the first and most successful independent record label in Cuba, founded in 1944 by engineer Ramón Sabat.

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Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera (born June 4, 1948) is a Cuban-born American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer who plays and composes jazz and classical music.

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Quivicán

Quivicán is a town and municipality in Mayabeque Province of Cuba.

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Roy Hargrove

Roy Anthony Hargrove (born October 16, 1969) is an American jazz trumpeter.

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Songo music

Songo is a genre of popular Cuban music, created by the group Los Van Van in the early 1970s.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859.

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Tropicana Club

Tropicana, also known as Tropicana Club, is a world-known cabaret and club in Havana, Cuba.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucho_Valdés

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