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Start with Irakere (1973) release, founder of the Latin jazz group
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Chucho Valdes (born Dionisio Jesus Valdes Rodriguez, October 9, 1941, in Quivican, Cuba) is a Cuban jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader. The son of pianist Bebo Valdes, he founded the influential Latin jazz group Irakere in 1973 and has fused Afro-Cuban traditions with jazz across a career spanning more than six decades