Biography
Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 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 and four Latin Grammy Awards.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
831 releases · 164 albums · active 1960–2025
- Performance · 1,632
- Other credits · 276
- Production · 31
- Engineering · 5
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Estudios EGREM · Capitol Studios · Sound City Studios · Abdala Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Irakere
- Various
- Grupo Irakere
- Paquito D'Rivera
- Arturo Sandoval
- Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna
- Ivan Lins
- Buika