Chucho Valdés presents “La Creación” Tickets

Chucho Valdés presents “La Creación” With the Yoruban Orchestra

Hilario Durán & John Beasley, Musical Director

Great Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés presents “La Creación,” a bold new work for big band, Afro-Cuban percussion, and vocals. An extraordinary testament to an extraordinary career, “La Creación” explores the story of creation according to the Regla de Ocha, the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería. The pieces include elements of Santería ritual music, African music, the blues, and what Valdés describes as “an atmosphere in the style of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew.”

“This new work represents the accumulation of all my experiences and everything I’ve learned in music,” says Valdés, “I think it’s my masterpiece—so far.”