Chucho Valdés - Bayfront Jazz Festival
Chucho Valdés | Bayfront Jazz Festival 2021; Miami, 2021; Directed by Amos Rozenberg; The 2021 inaugural edition of the Bayfront Jazz Festival takes place in Miami's Bayfront Park. The festival's mission is to honor and celebrate the current and future giants of Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Latin and electronic music. This year's unique line-up includes Roy Ayers, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymée Nuviola and Mark Guiliana's Beat Music. Winner of six Grammy and three Latin Grammy Awards, the Cuban pianist, composer and arranger Chucho Valdés is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban Jazz. In a rich career spanning sixty years, Chucho has pushed boundaries in pursuit of new expressions in Afro-Cuban music. His influence in the genre is immeasurable, his work establishing the standard by which younger generations set our to create their own. P10070879 (80 min)
