Chucho Valdés presents “La Creacíon” at 65th Monterey Jazz Festival, 9.23.22 (El Rumbon)

Chucho Valdés presents “La Creacíon” with the Yoruband Orchestra directed by Hilario Durán & John Beasley plus MONK’estra at the 65th Monterey Jazz Festival on Friday, September 23, 2022.
The 65th Monterey Jazz Festival takes place on the Monterey County Fairgrounds (2004 Fairground Road in Monterey, California) September 23-25, 2022, and is the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world.
3 days featuring over 300 artists on 4 stages. A bucket list experience! Be at MJF65!
Tickets available at montereyjazzfestival.org
ABOUT CHUCHO VALDÉS
In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Jesús “Chucho” Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. Winner of six Grammy and four Latin Grammy Awards, Mr. Valdés received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science last year and was also inducted in the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
His most recent project on record, Jazz Batá 2, revisits a revolutionary idea Mr. Valdés first recorded in 1972: a piano jazz trio featuring batá drums, the sacred, hourglass-shaped drums used in the ritual music of the Yoruba religion in Cuba, in place of the conventional trap set. Jazz Batá 2 won a Latin Grammy as Best Latin Jazz album and was selected as one of Billboard magazine’s list of The 50 Best Latin Albums of the Decade.
On October 9, 2021, Cuban pianist, composer, and bandleader Chucho Valdés turned 80. It’s a milestone after which many would choose to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his labor. Mr. Valdés produced the most ambitious work of his career instead. A three-movement suite for small ensemble, voices, and big band La Creación (The Creation) tells the history of creation according to the Regla De Ocha, the Afro-Cuban religion commonly known as Santería. La Creación had its world premiere on November 5, 2021, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami and was later presented in Lyon, Paris, and Barcelona. Mr. Valdés called La Creación “a summation of all my experiences in music-up to today,” emphasis on “today.”
Video of “La Creacíon” recorded live from the Philharmonie de Paris in 2021. ©Oleo Films

[@swimmerindc]

I saw this concert last weekend in Washington DC at a packed Kennedy Center Concert Hall. It was AMAZING.

[@HunterMusicYoutube]

I was there too, rhythm section is TO cold!!

[@olekjazz]

It was an unforgettable music evening with Chucho at the jazz festival in Ukraine just before the covid. I was so impressed by his energetic and grooving style of playing. Great memories.

[@wyatony]

Whole band was on point, percussion was goin crazy ‼

[@yrandoa]

Chucho, un GRANDE bien acompañado de los también GRANDES Dafnis Prieto y Roberto Jr Vizcaíno...¡Maravillosoooo! 🤩🎶👏🏽❤️

[@alfrehabana]

Eso es sincronisacion de golpes y combinar sonidos en las congas y tienes este resultado perfecto un Crack el Viscaino Junior bestial tremendo conguero.

[@virginiaespinoza9460]

Saw this concert at the Monterey Jazz Festival last year. Grande!!

[@keithcollier5271]

Wow amazing congratulations rythem

[@alfrehabana]

Este joven desde niño se le veia el talento que se convertiria en un gran musico y percusionista es uno de los futuros grandes instrumentista conguero de mi Cuba lo lleva en la sangre su padre es un exelentisimo percusionista un virtuoso de este instrumento tan rico en sonoridad un instrumento que posee los compases armonicos de instrumentos melodicos como el piano bajo y es tan dificil su tecnica como el violin no es tocar por tocar sino lograr combinar y conjugar sonidos que no al hazar sino con polirritmia Viscaino Jr sigue asi paisano que vas miy bien me deleito en cada ejecusion con esa habilidad destreza virtuosismo y tecnica siento cada golpe cada Nota soy amante de este hermoso instrumento tambor congas tumbadoras como lo llamen siento amor y respeto a este instrumento desde miy Chico saludos para ti y tu Papa no pares de crear y practicar que el estudio y dedicasion rinden y tienen frutos..

[@wyatony]

LEGEND

[@TheNelsonmonteiro]

I saw them at berklee School of Music, and it was awesome!
Chucho is doing some.serious quoting on this pc. Amazing.

[@manolovicente9838]

ufff!

[@dantelomas88]

🐎🐎🐎🐎

[@user-em4ei4io3n]

Sube el concierto completo please

[@EvanWiederandersJazz]

¡Actúa en el festival de jazz de monterey el próximo viernes!

[@olivousretro1004]

I am so sad that I’m not there 😑

[@moisescarrillo8042]

Como se llama el conguero

[@alfrehabana]

Vizcaino jr

[@diepauandrana8862]

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