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VIDEO/DVD: STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Viva Chucho Valda(C)S Y Los Afro-Cuban Messengers!

By All About Jazz News on February 5, 2012

Today, we say "Hola!" to the Cuban-born pianist Chucho ValdA(C)s, who's bringing his band the Afro-Cuban Messengers to St. Louis for a performance next Saturday, February 11 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. ValdA(C)s, who's now 70 years old, is the son of the legendary Cuban pianist Bebo ValdA(C)s, director of the house band at Havana's famed Tropicana nightclub. The younger ValdA(C)s first became known in the USA in the late 1970s as one of the founding members of the group Irakere, and was recognized immediately for his powerful keyboard technique, particularly his facility in using both hands simultaneously to play melodies and single-note improvised lines in octaves...

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