The Silver Spring Jazz Festival

20th Anniversary with Chucho Valdés Quartet

#SSJazzFest

September 7, 3-10pm

The Silver Spring Jazz Festival's headliner is Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés.  He is a winner of seven Grammy and six Latin Grammy Awards, and is the most influential figure in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. 

This is the 20th year for the free Silver Spring Jazz festival, which along with headliner Chucho Valdés, will include a full lineup of diverse local talent including Feedel Band, The Eric Byrd Trio, Todd Marcus Quintet, Dupont Brass, Paul Carr and the Real Jazz Ambassadors and hometown favorite, Marcus Johnson.

Chucho Valdés Quartet

Latin Jazz legend, Chucho Valdés'  career has spanned more than sixty years. Chucho has pushed boundaries in pursuit of new expressions in Afro-Cuban music. His influence in the genre is immeasurable, his work establishing the standard by which younger generations set out to create their own interpretation of Afro-Cuban jazz.

Chucho’s musical education included formal studies and countless nights on the best stages in Cuba as the pianist with his father Bebo Valdés and his orchestra Sabor de Cuba, and with the seminal Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna. Chucho is perhaps best known as the founder, pianist, and main composer and arranger of Irakere, a landmark ensemble in Cuban music. Chucho led Irakere for more than 30 years, but since 2005 he has focused more on his personal career, highlighting his work as a pianist and leading small ensembles.