Chucho Valdés (born October 9, 1941), born Jesús Dionisio Valdés, is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was born in Quivicán, Cuba. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists. His father is the famed Cuban pianist and former director of Havana's famous "Tropicana" night club band Bebo Valdés.
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Jodi M. Savage’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection The
Death of a Jaybird
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"While writing The Death of a Jaybird, I listened to a lot of gospel music.
Writing about illness and grief is emotionally demanding. Because I grew up
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