Havana, Cuba, Jan 6.- Cuba’s multi-Grammy Award winner Chucho Valdes and his band —the Afro-Cuban Messengers— will begin in January a tour around the United States that includes performances in New York City and Philadelphia.
The renowned pianist and composer and his band are set to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday, January 21, 2012, when they will be joined by Spanish jazz singer Buika.
It will be Chucho Valdes’ first concert on Carnegie Main Stage since the 1978 debut of his former jazz fusion band, Irakere. It will also be the first time that Valdes will perform with Buika in the United States. Her 2010 collaboration with Valdes, El Ultimo Trago (The Last Drink), won a 2010 Latin Grammy for “Best Traditional Tropical Album.”
Chucho Valdes and his Afro-Cuban Messengers will be performing music from the album ‘Chucho’s Steps’, which won the Grammy for “Best Latin Jazz CD”. It features musical tributes to American and European jazz artists such as Cole Porter, Joe Zawinul, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, and Branford Marsalis.
Accompanying Chucho Valdés in the Tour are Juan Carlos Rojas Castro(drums), Lazaro Rivero Alarcon (bass), Yaroldy Abreu Robles (percussion), Carlos Manuel Miyares Hernandez (tenor saxophone), and Reinaldo Melian Alvarez (trumpet), among others.
On January 26, they will perform at the Merriam Theater of Philadelphia.
Chucho Valdes’ 2011/2012 touring schedule is one of the busiest ever, with performances programmed for Angola, Macao and Taipei, and large tours throughout South America, Europe and North America. (ACN).
It will be Chucho Valdes’ first concert on Carnegie Main Stage since the 1978 debut of his former jazz fusion band, Irakere. It will also be the first time that Valdes will perform with Buika in the United States. Her 2010 collaboration with Valdes, El Ultimo Trago (The Last Drink), won a 2010 Latin Grammy for “Best Traditional Tropical Album.”
Chucho Valdes and his Afro-Cuban Messengers will be performing music from the album ‘Chucho’s Steps’, which won the Grammy for “Best Latin Jazz CD”. It features musical tributes to American and European jazz artists such as Cole Porter, Joe Zawinul, Art Tatum, John Coltrane, and Branford Marsalis.
Accompanying Chucho Valdés in the Tour are Juan Carlos Rojas Castro(drums), Lazaro Rivero Alarcon (bass), Yaroldy Abreu Robles (percussion), Carlos Manuel Miyares Hernandez (tenor saxophone), and Reinaldo Melian Alvarez (trumpet), among others.
On January 26, they will perform at the Merriam Theater of Philadelphia.
Chucho Valdes’ 2011/2012 touring schedule is one of the busiest ever, with performances programmed for Angola, Macao and Taipei, and large tours throughout South America, Europe and North America. (ACN).
