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Chucho Valdés
Cuban pianist and composer
Cuba • b. 1941-10-09
Chucho Valdés is credited on 831 releases across 164 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
831
Pressings credited
164
Albums
7
Decades active
28
In collections
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.
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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
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Irakere
1978
2
1980
Chávez Ravine
2005
Buenos Hermanos
2003
Live At The Village Vanguard
2000
Latin Jazz
2007
New Conceptions
2003
Fantásia Cubana - Variations On Classical Themes
2002
Solo (Live In New York)
2001
As Long As You're Living Yours: The Music Of Keith Jarrett
2000
Briyumba Palo Congo (Religion Of The Congo)
1999
Latin Jazz (Latino Heat Meets New York Cool)
1995
Live At Keystone Korner
1983
El Coco
1982
Turi
1981
Chekeré Son
1979
Chucho Valdés
1970
Bailando Así
Frequent collaborators
- Irakere
- Various
- Grupo Irakere
- Paquito D'Rivera
- Arturo Sandoval
- Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna
- Ivan Lins
- Buika
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