“Chucho Valdes”

The increasingly popular Cuban singer Aymee Nuviola ignited and delighted the audience at the Puerto Rico Jazz Fest 2022. In what turned out to be an all-Cuban night, Aymee opened the last day of the Jazz Fest ahead of follow Cubans…

Seeing Chucho Valdés and Paquito D'Rivera perform together after more than 40 years was a memorable experience for the audience at the Puerto Rico Jazz Fest 2022 edition. My wife and I wanted to see them because both are extraordinary…

NPR's Felix Contreras interviewed Arturo O'Farrill on his Latin Jazz album with Chucho Valdes titled "Familia". In Familia Arturo and Chucho pay homage to their fathers, Chico O'Farrill and Bebo Valdes. Both of these legends were…

The 2015 Latin Grammy awards are coming up, and there are 3 albums that I have no idea how they missed Latin Grammy nominations. I wouldn't be surprised if they are nominated for the Grammy's in February 2016. Juan Gabriel "Los Duo"…

Latin music must be up to something good when a prominent jazz artist like Wynton Marsalis and a prominent radio station like NPR take note of the work of Latin Jazz musicians. Marsalis solicited Cuban musicians Pedrito Martinez and…

In the music world is hard to find a better Father’s Day tribute than that of Cuban pianists Bebo and Chucho Valdés. This father-son family was separated by Bebo’s move out of Cuba in 1960 shortly after Castro’s Revolution win in 1959.…