WorldBeat Center Presents: Afro-Cuban Jazz Master Chuchito Valdez Jr. January 25, 2007
San Diego, California 92101
Date: Thursday, Jan 25th
Time: 8:30pm
Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door
Venue: WorldBeat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101
619-230-1190
"A child prodigy raised in Havana, Jesus "Chuchito" Valdés has inherited more than his father's famous name. On a recording made in Chicago last summer, he displays the hell-bent intensity and daredevil technique of the elder Valdés-qualities recognized worldwide as hallmarks of Cuban Jazz.
In terms of pure flamboyance, Chuchito can just about match his dad - he can raise a mountain of rhythmic intensity with a driving Montuno, create flutelike filigrees in his fluttering right hand figures, or stagger flashing cords at breakneck speed to build a kaleidoscopic improvisation.
Official Website: http://www.worldbeatcenter.org
Added by WorldBeat on January 9, 2007