JUN 8–19 | 39TH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Jun 12, 2022
Miner Auditorium
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Original show description below.
An incomparable duo of jazz giants and 2018-2020 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Directors who each represent the pinnacle of their art form come together two exclusive shows! This meeting of masters was inspired by the monumental first-ever pairing of the greatest living Cuban pianist, Chucho Valdés, and Dianne Reeves, “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday” (NY Times), during the SFJAZZ 2019 Gala honoring Valdés.
ABOUT CHUCHO VALDÉS
A singular force in Cuban music for more than half a century, Valdés was already recognized as the most formidable pianist of his generation when he launched the landmark band Irakere in 1973 with a phenomenal cast that included saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval. The band’s unprecedented synthesis of folkloric Afro-Cuban rhythms, sacred drums, rock, funk, and jazz changed the course of Latin music in the 1970s and 80s.
ABOUT DIANNE REEVES
GRAMMY winner and 2018 NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves is jazz’s greatest living vocalist — an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class and improvisational poise. With a string of GRAMMYs, including an unprecedented three consecutive Best Jazz Vocal Performance awards, she’s a performer with a gift for imbuing any performance space with the intimacy of a living room.
Their chemistry was so profound that they couldn’t help but reunite for these magic evenings of music and friendship.
CONCERT UNDERWRITERS
Cheryl Traverse and Terry Turrentine
A pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity.
The Boston Globe on Chucho Valdés
A pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity.
The Boston Globe on Chucho Valdés
Personnel
Chucho Valdés piano
Dianne Reeves vocals
Dianne Reeves is one of our generation’s definitive jazz masters, a vocal stylist of extraordinary skill and vivacity.
Dianne Reeves
Personnel
Chucho Valdés piano
Dianne Reeves vocals
Dianne Reeves is one of our generation’s definitive jazz masters, a vocal stylist of extraordinary skill and vivacity.
Dianne Reeves
Watch & Listen
Chucho Valdés
Chucho's Mood
Dianne Reeves
Tango
Chucho Valdés
Chucho's Mood
Dianne Reeves
Tango