Chucho Valdes & Irakere

All That Jazz (9 music items)

" An important figure in latin and Afro-Cuban jazz. Since Valdes' formation of the band Irakere, the world has been treated to some of the most inventive and craziest experiments ever. This was not the band's original intention however. Initially, the crew members were simply interested in playing the jazz of the US, but were denied that right by their government. So they had to make do with what resources they had in order to cobble up something. They basically tossed in as many folklore percus"