Cuban Star Chucho Valdes Releases Album

Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdes, son of the late Bebo, is releasing a new album in France, Border-Free, and plays a concert at the Chatelet hall with his group, the Afro-Cuban Messengers.

Published

about 1 year ago

Categories

Entertainment, World

Topics

Music, Europe, Caribbean

People

Bebo Valdes, Chucho Valdes

Places

France, Cuba, Paris

Transcript

SHOTLIST DATE: March 27, 2013 LOCATION: PARIS SOURCE: AFPTV (interviews, cutaways) JazzVillage (clips - NO RESALE FOR NON-EDITORIAL PURPOSES) SOUNDBITE 1 Chucho Valdes, Pianist (Spanish, 38 sec): "We used many different musical elements, from different places. Something we'd never done before. For example, Arabic influences, and flamenco. And we mixed indigenous and African sounds, and mixed classical composers, like Bach or Rachmaninov together with Afro-Cuban rhythms." - Excerpts clips 'Abdel' and 'Afro Comanche' - Cutaways Valdes ----------------------------------