Fifth Grammy for Chucho Valdés

BY PEDRO DE LA HOZ —Granma daily staff writer—

CHUCHO Valdés was surprised to discover last night in Havana that he had won the Best Latino Jazz Album category of the Latino Grammy Awards for his New Conceptions album, according to a report from the U.S. city of Los Angeles.

The album contains seven tracks – La Comparsa; You Don’t Know What Love Is; Los Güiros; Nanu; Solar; Sin Clave Pero Con Swing; and Homenaje a Ellington – on which Chucho is accompanied by members of his quartet – bassist Lázaro "El Fino" Rivero, drummer Ramsés Rodríguez and percussionist Yaroldy Abreu – as well as invited session musicians Maylin Sevilla (cello), Joaquín Oliveros (flute), Román Filiú (sax) and Irving Acao (tenor sax).