Feliz Cumpleaños Chucho Valdés 🎉 for 83! In a career spanning more than 60 years, both as a solo artist and bandleader, Mr. Valdés has distilled elements of the Afro-Cuban music tradition, jazz, classical music, rock, and more, into a deeply personal style. always incorporating the influence of Africa, Spain and jazz. As the son of pianist and composer Bebo Valdés, he was raised with a connection to over 100 years of Cuban piano tradition, as well as Classical music. On this #videoclip from NPR