Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet

Name: Chucho Valdés Royal Quartet
Start: 2026-05-09T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Chenery Auditorium

Schedule

Sat, 09 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Chenery Auditorium | Kalamazoo, MI

Chucho Valdés, piano | Horacio El Negro Hernandez, drums | Armando Gola, bass | Roberto Vizcaino Jr., congas
For over six decades, NEA Jazz Master Chucho Valdés has defined Afro-Cuban jazz through his work as a pianist, composer, and bandleader. A winner of multiple GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY Awards, Valdés also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and has been inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. His Royal Quartet features virtuosos from the next generation of Afro-Cuban jazz, paying homage to Chick Corea, Mozart, American blues, Cuban folksongs, and more, all with their signature sense of joy and creativity.