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Irakere gaves another Grammy to Chucho Valdes

By: Charly Morales Valido
Feb 13, 2017
Irakere gaves another Grammy to Chucho Valdes

Chucho Valdes won another Grammy Award thanks to a tribute to Irakere, the iconic band he founded back in the 1970’s. In the ceremony held last Sunday at the Los Angeles Staples Center, the Godfather of Latin Jazz got the golden gramophone.

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Valdés, 75, thanked the Marciac Festival, in France, where he recorded the album, and also had words for all the gifted musicians who played with him in Irakere, even those who passed away, like Carlos Emilio Morales y Miguel Angá.

Somehow, this album brought Irakere back from the Great Beyond of the Music, and gave Chucho his 9th Grammy, a harvest any artist dream about.

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