Chuchito Valdès
Fri, Oct 20
|Jazz UpFront
$20 in advance $25 at the door Doors at 7PM Show begins at 8 PM
Time & Location
Oct 20, 2023, 8:00 PM
Jazz UpFront, 107 W Front St, Bloomington, IL 61701, USA
About the event
Cuban pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style.
Winner of seven GRAMMY® and five Latin GRAMMY® Awards, Mr. Valdés, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Science last year and was also inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Mr. Valdés celebrated his 80th birthday on October 9, 2021, completing (The Creation), a three-movement suite for a small ensemble, voices, and a big band. The piece, the most ambitious work of his career, tells the history of Creation according to the the Afro-Cuban religion known as .La CreaciónRegla de Ocha,Santería
was a commission of the Adrianne Arsht Center for the Performing Art…
Tickets
General Admission
Admission for one (1). All tickets are final sale. No refunds or exchanges. Must be 21+ to enter.
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Seating for 8. Reservations do not include admission, must purchase ticket separately. Must be seated within first 30 minutes of showtime or seating reservation is forfeited. No refunds or exchanges. Must be 21+ to enter.
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Seating for 2. Reservations do not include admission, must purchase ticket separately. Must be seated within first 30 minutes of showtime or seating reservation is forfeited. No refunds or exchanges. Must be 21+ to enter.
$10.00+$0.25 ticket service feeSale endedRESERVED SEATING - Seats 4
Seating for 4. Reservations do not include admission, must purchase ticket separately. Must be seated within first 30 minutes of showtime or seating reservation is forfeited. No refunds or exchanges. Must be 21+ to enter.
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