🎀 Hispanic Heritage Month 🎹 Latin jazz composer kings: Chucho Valdés founded Irakere, won 10 Grammys, and turned 80 by premiering a brand new three-movement big band suite. Still. Going. ✨ Michel Camilo composed his first song at 5, joined a national symphony at 16, and made Spain — one of the greatest duo albums ever recorded 🎸🎹 Two Caribbean piano giants. Limitless music. VOTE BELOW👇 follow @daixcompose 💙
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🎀 Cute Composer Series: Hispanic Heritage Month — Latin Jazz Composer Kings 🎹🎷✨🎶 Two pianist-composers who built their own musical universes from the rhythmic DNA of the Caribbean. Chucho Valdés · b. 1941 · Cuba 10 Grammys. Founder of Irakere — the Cuban band that launched Paquito D'Rivera and Arturo Sandoval 🎷🇨🇺 Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz, fusing Yoruba sacred rhythms, jazz, classical music, and rock into something entirely his own. He turned 80 by premiering La Creación — a three-movement suite for big band and voices. Still going ✨ 🎧 Misa Negra Michel Camilo · b. 1954 · Dominican Republic Composed his first song at 5, joined the Dominican Republic's National Symphony Orchestra at 16, moved to New York, and his composition Why Not? became a Grammy-winning standard for the Manhattan Transfer 🏆 His Latin Grammy-winning duo album Spain with flamenco guitarist Tomatito is a masterclass in what happens when two traditions meet and refuse to compromise 🎸🎹 🎧 Spain 👉 Which one's music do you want to explore more? VOTE BELOW👇& follow @daixcompose for more Cute Composer spotlights 💙
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🎀 Hispanic Heritage Month 🎹 Latin jazz composer kings: Chucho Valdés founded Irakere, won 10 Grammys, and turned 80 by premiering a brand new three-movement big band suite. Still. Going. ✨ Michel Camilo composed his first song at 5, joined a national symphony at 16, and made Spain — one of the greatest duo albums ever recorded 🎸🎹 Two Caribbean piano giants. Limitless music. VOTE BELOW👇 follow @daixcompose 💙
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Recordings
🎶 Chucho Valdés: Misa Negra — Live at the San Javier Jazz festival (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy87C4EQnMc) 🎶 Michel Camilo & Tomatito: Spain — live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOBsQbg3t2U)
Photo links
Valdés: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chucho_Vald%C3%A9s | https://chucho-valdes.com/ Camilo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Camilo | https://www.michelcamilo.com/official-biography