Chucho Valdes & The Afro – Cuban Messengers
Concert Tours
The promotion, marketing and tour management of multi-Grammy® Award winning Cuban jazz master Chucho Valdés and is band, The Afro – Cuban Messengers.
Location: Australia and New Zealand
Year: 2014
Venues / Dates: Opera House – Wellington (7 June), Hammer Hall – Melbourne (9 June), Sydney Opera House (12 June), Queensland Performing Arts Centre (13 June)
Workshops: Sydney Improvised Music Association, Massey University School of Jazz, Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Presenting Partners Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Wellington Jazz Festival
About
Hailed as ‘the dean of Latin jazz’ and ‘one of the world’s great virtuosic pianists’ (New York Times), multi-Grammy® Award winner Chucho Valdés is revered as one of the most influential jazz artists of our time, embracing and transcending the roots of Afro-Cuban music.
Accompanied by his extraordinary Havana Based band, the Afro-Cuban Messengers, Valdés delivered an unforgettable program of the jaw-dropping virtuosity and expansive musicality that have earned him the dual status of both living legend and enduring force of nature. The tour featured music from a career that has spanned more than half a century and from his 2013 album release, Border Free – the eagerly awaited follow-up to Chucho’s Steps, which won the 2011 Grammy® for Best Latin Jazz Album.
Chucho Valdés (piano), Yaroldy Abreu Robles (percussion), Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé (bata drum and vocals) Rodney Yllarza Barreto (drums) Angel Gaston Joya Perellada (bass)
Reviews
“A pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity.” (NY Times)
“A sonic voyage through the roots and branches of Afro-Cuban music – all played with a breathtaking swagger.” (The Guardian, UK)