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Chucho Valdés Bio Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. Winner of six GRAMMY® and four Latin GRAMMY® Awards, Mr. Valdés, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science last year and was also inducted in the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. His most recent project, Jazz Batá 2, won a Latin Grammy as Best Latin Jazz album and was selected as one of Billboard magazine’s list of The 50 Best Latin Albums of the Decade. Jazz Batá 2 revisits a revolutionary idea Mr. Valdés first recorded in 1972: a piano jazz trio featuring batá drums, the sacred, hourglass-shaped drums used in the ritual music of the Yoruba religion in Cuba, in place of the conventional trap set Born in a family of musicians in Quivicán, Havana province, Cuba, on October 9, 1941, Dionisio Jesús "Chucho" Valdés Rodríguez, has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, and rock into an organic, deeply personal style. His first teacher was his father, the pianist, composer, and bandleader Ramón “Bebo” Valdés. By the age of three, Mr. Valdés was already playing the melodies he heard on the radio at the piano, using both hands and in any key. He began taking lessons on piano, theory and solfege at the age of five and continued his formal musical education at the Conservatorio Municipal de Música de la Habana, from which he graduated at 14. A year later, Mr. Valdés formed his first jazz trio. In 1959, he debuted professionally with the band Sabor de Cuba. The ensemble, directed by his father, is widely considered one of the great orchestras in modern Cuban music. Fittingly, Mr. Valdés made his early mark as the founder, pianist and main composer and arranger of another landmark ensemble: the small big band Irakere (1973-2005). With its audacious mix of Afro-Cuban ritual music, Cuban dance music, jazz, classical music, and rock, Irakere marked a before and after in Latin jazz. Irakere’s self-titled debut recording in the United States won a Grammy as Best Latin Recording in 1979. While he remained with Irakere until 2005, Mr. Valdés launched a parallel career in 1998 both as a solo performer and a small-group leader. It marked the beginning of an enormously fruitful period highlighted by albums such as Solo Piano (Blue Note, 1991), Solo: Live in New York (Blue Note, 2001) and New Conceptions (Blue Note, 2003), as well as quartet recordings such as Bele Bele en La Habana (Blue Note, 1998), Briyumba Palo Congo (Blue Note, 1999) and Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 2000), which won a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album. After leaving Irakere, Mr. Valdés won Grammys for Juntos Para Siempre (Calle 54, 2007), the duet recording with his father, Bebo; and, Chucho’s Steps (Comanche, 2010), which introduced his new group, the Afro-Cuban Messengers. But that didn´t mean to forget past achievements. In 2015, Mr. Valdés celebrated the 40th anniversary of the birth of Irakere, his iconic band, with a world tour. A resulting recording, Tribute to Irakere: Live at Marciac (Jazz Village / Comanche Music), won a Grammy for the Best Latin Jazz Album in 2016.
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Fabulous show as the opening act of the 65th Monterey Jazz Festival.
Artichoke Festival Monterey, CAOne of the best concerts I have ever seen! Absolutely perfect.
Jazz at Lincoln Center New York City, NYChucho is brilliant. 1.5 hours of stories in sound. Utterly transporting M.Strutin
Paramount Theatre-Oakland Oakland, CA1sr row, amazing music, great Talent, shook his huge Hand!
L'auditori Sala 3 Barcelona, SpainGreat show. The performance center was top-notch.
Shalin Liu Performance Center Rockport, MAYes, Chucho Valdés is currently on tour. If you're interested in attending an upcoming Chucho Valdés concert, make sure to grab your tickets in advance. The Chucho Valdés tour is scheduled for 16 dates across 9 cities. Get information on all upcoming tour dates and tickets for 2026-2027 with Hypebot.
Chucho Valdés is scheduled to play 16 shows between 2026-2027. Buy concert tickets to a nearby show through Hypebot.
Chucho Valdés's tour starts Mar 27, 2026 and ends on Sep 26, 2026. They will play 9 cities; their most recent concert was held in Knoxville at Tennessee Theatre and their next upcoming concert will be in St. Louis at Jazz St. Louis (The Ferring Jazz Bistro).
As part of the Chucho Valdés tour, Chucho Valdés is scheduled to play across the following venues and cities:
