Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers + Ibrahim Maalouf
The BarbicanThursday 18 November 2010
7.30pm
Cuba's legendary pianist is back in London with a brand new show!
A Cuban national treasure, and multi-grammy winning pianist - Chucho combines the influences of musicians such as Art Tatum, Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner with Afro-Cuban roots and a blazing technique that leaves audiences on the edge of their seat.
He's back at the Barbican as part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3, this time with his Octet the Afro Cuban Messengers performing tracks from their eagerly anticipated new release, Chucho's Step (Harmoni Mundi)
"Valdés's octave span might even have frightened Rachmaninov, and his headlong keyboard exploits traversing most of jazz piano history -could burst open doors."’ The Guardian review on his last performance at Ronnie Scott's .
"A one-man piano whirlwind whipping up an Afro-Cuban jazz storm."’ Time Out
"High-pressure virtuosity, cliffhanging improvisation and party-time salsa."’ The Guardian
More info@
A Cuban national treasure, and multi-grammy winning pianist - Chucho combines the influences of musicians such as Art Tatum, Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner with Afro-Cuban roots and a blazing technique that leaves audiences on the edge of their seat.
He's back at the Barbican as part of the London Jazz Festival in association with BBC Radio 3, this time with his Octet the Afro Cuban Messengers performing tracks from their eagerly anticipated new release, Chucho's Step (Harmoni Mundi)
"Valdés's octave span might even have frightened Rachmaninov, and his headlong keyboard exploits traversing most of jazz piano history -could burst open doors."’ The Guardian review on his last performance at Ronnie Scott's .
"A one-man piano whirlwind whipping up an Afro-Cuban jazz storm."’ Time Out
"High-pressure virtuosity, cliffhanging improvisation and party-time salsa."’ The Guardian
More info@
http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=11037 Opening the evening is French/Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf (Discovery of the Year at the 2010 French Jazz Music Awards), bringing his haunting mix of jazz and classical Arabic music to the UK for the first time.
Tickets from £15
Box Office: 020 7638 8891
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