Chucho Valdés

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valdés and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Chucho Valdés
Chucho Valdés in 2022
Background information
Born
Dionisio Jesús Valdés Rodríguez

(1941-10-09) October 9, 1941
Quivicán, Mayabeque, Cuba
GenresAfro-Cuban jazz
Occupations
  • Musician
  • bandleader
  • composer
InstrumentPiano
Labels
Formerly of
  • Irakere
  • Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna
Spouse
Lorena Salcedo
​
(m. 2009)​
Websitewww.chucho-valdes.com

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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