Chucho valdes y paquito drivera biography

Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger (born )

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Musical artist

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

Chucho valdes y paquito drivera biography

An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 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^[1] and four Latin Grammy Awards.^[2]

Career

Chucho Valdés's first recorded sessions as a leader took place in late January in the Areíto Studios of Havana (former Panart studios) owned by the newly formed EGREM.

These early sessions included Paquito D'Rivera on alto saxophone and clarinet, Alberto Giral on trombone, Juli