The thing about the Martin Theatre is there’s not quite enough room to dance. That didn’t stop audiences from trying anyway on Wednesday, when Irakere, the storied Cuban band, visited Ravinia for its ...

The project, which Valdés founded in 1973, brought the sacred percussion and incantations of Afro-Cuban religious music to jazz. By Judy Cantor-Navas On Oct. 20, Chucho Valdés opens his Irakere 40 ...

"They were smoking." That was KPFA's Art Sato, host of "In Your Ear"—a weekly Saturday afternoon Latin Jazz, jazz and flamenco music program on KPFA in Berkeley, California—evaluating legendary Cuban ...

Kupferberg Center for the Arts will present Chucho Valdés: Irakere 50, a powerful tribute to the legendary Cuban ensemble that transformed Afro-Cuban jazz. Taking place on Thursday, May 8 at 8 PM at ...

If the ground trembles a bit around the Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday, February 9, don’t blame the State Road 836 construction project down the street. With an as-of-now sold-out house and a trio of ...

On April 25, 1973, the Santiago de Cuba stadium saw a historic event when Irakere (an eight-member band whose name means "forest" in Yoruba) debuted. Attendees had never experienced anything quite ...

Two of most influential figures in Afro-Cuban jazz, virtuoso pianist Chucho Valdés and trumpet icon Arturo Sandoval, reunite as part of Irakere 50, the latest iteration of the legendary band that ...

When pianist Chucho Valdés presented “Irakere 40” at New York’s Town Hall earlier this month, he rekindled the sound of a band with which he changed the course of Cuban music four decades ago. Older ...

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Founded in Havana in 1973 by pianist Chucho Valdés, Irakere was the undisputed powerhouse of Afro-Cuban jazz, numbering giants like Arturo Sandoval and Paquito D'Rivera among its alumni. The band’s ...