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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Molly Gaudry’s Book Notes music playlist for her memoir/novel Fit Into Me
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"Years ago, I learned it helps me to have a playlist for each manuscript,
so that after a year or more away I can just hit play and quickly find my
way bac...
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