Irakere

CTL-E-1667 · Person · group · 1973–2005

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Landmark Afro-Cuban jazz band founded in 1973 by Chucho Valdés from the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna; its audacious mix of Afro-Cuban ritual music, Cuban dance music, jazz, classical music and rock marked a before-and-after in Latin jazz. Its U.S. debut recording won the 1979 Grammy for Best Latin Recording.

Relationships

Chucho Valdés — founded by
Irakere was founded in 1973 by Chucho Valdés (schema 0.2.2: founded_by accepts Person from_types for group-typed entities).

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Chucho Valdés — related to → this record

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Wikipedia — Chucho Valdés
The Soraya — Chucho Valdés and Irakere 50
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