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CHUCHO VALDÉS QUINTET
Chucho Valdés, piano
Yaroldy Abreu Robles, percussion
Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé, bata drums and vocals
Rodney Yllarza Barreto, drums
Angel Gaston Joya Perellada, bass

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2012, 8 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

Presented in partnership with KUT Music and the
Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies

“Whether Chucho Valdés is performing a gentle ballad or a rousing foot-stomper, his joy in playing and his love of the music always shines through. He can tickle the ivories with the soft grace of Bill Evans and dazzle with the thunderous dexterity of Art Tatum or Oscar Peterson.” — All About Jazz

Hailed as “the dean of Latin jazz” and “one of the world’s great virtuosic pianists” by The New York Times, multi-Grammy Award winner Chucho Valdés brings an all-new band to deliver his distinct Afro-Cuban jazz sound on the Bass Concert Hall stage.

Winner of five Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, Cuban born Dionisio Jesús “Chucho” Valdés Rodríguez has performed all over the world in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Centre and the Hollywood Bowl, and has shared the stage with such musical luminaries as Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Brandford and Wynton Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Grover Washington Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Taj Mahal, and Tito Puente to name but a few.

This performance is presented by Texas Performing Arts’ ArtesAméricas program. In partnership with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, ArtesAméricas promotes cultural dialogue in the Americas through the performing arts. For more information, please visit artesamericas.org.

For more information on the Chucho Valdés Quintet, please visit http://texasperformingarts.org/season/chucho-valdes-austin.

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Thursday, November 15, 2012 – Texas Performing Arts presents the Chucho Valdés Quintet at Bass Concert Hall (2350 Robert Dedman; E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($42 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at www.TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632
gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org