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Winner of eight Grammy Awards: five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy and creditor of many doctorates, Dionisio Jesus "Chucho" Valdés Rodríguez is natural from Quivican, Havana Province, Cuba. The son of the noted musician Bebo Valdes, Chucho began playing piano when he was three and by the time he was 16 he was leading his own group. In 1960 his father defected from Cuba but Chucho stayed behind. In 1967, he formed the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna and, in 1973, he founded Irakere, the top Cuban jazz orchestra; among its original members were Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera....

David Valdes (nato il 14 maggio 1977) è un chitarrista, bassista, batterista e tastierista Spagnolo, meglio conosciuto come membro fondatore della Death Metal band, Metal Witch. Prende la sua ispirazione inizialmente da gruppi Thrash e Metal, per poi scoprire Yngwie Malmsteen e le influenze Neo Classiche. Più avanti seguirà lo stile di Marty Friedman e Jason Becker, che segneranno un notevole cambiamento nel suo modo di suonare, fino ad arrivare a Vinnie Moore e Paul Gilbert, che eleveranno il suo bagaglio musicale ad altissimi Livelli. I suoi lavori sono completamente fatti in casa con l'utilizzo di un computer, ne quali...

Bebo Valdés (born Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, in Quivicán, Cuba, on October 9, 1918 - died 22 March 2013, Sweden ), pianist, composer, arranger and director, is considered to be one of the main figures of the golden age of the Cuban music. During the 40’s he played with several orchestras in La Habana, and he already recorded albums of afrocuban jazz in those years. After successive successes with his orchestra Sabor, he finished moving to Stockholm, Sweden, in 1963, where he stayed more of 30 years in the anonymity, and where he worked as pianist in a hotel...