Chucho Valdes & Paquito D'Rivera

• DIGIPACK EDITION

The joint history of Chucho Valdés and Paquito D'Rivera begins in 1962, when the saxophonist went to a club in Havana to listen to Bebo's son playing the piano. In less than two decades, their joint work gave rise to some of the most brilliant adventures in Cuban music and, by extension, in universal music, especially within a superband called Irakere.

Sixty years after their initial meeting, the pair has finally reunited to create a monumental new recording. Their I Missed You Too! marks D’Rivera and Valdés’s first recording since they were both members of Cuba’s most influential jazz/fusion ensemble, Irakere.

PERSONNEL:

• Chucho Valdés - (piano)
• Paquito D’Rivera - (sax and clarinet)
• Diego Urcola - (trumpet and trombone)
• José Armando Gola - (double bass and electric double bass)
• Roberto Vizcaíno Jr. - (percussions)
• Dafnis Prieto - (drums)

Miami, Florida, January 13 & 14,2022

TRACKS:

• 01. Mambo Influenciado
• 02. Mozart
• 03. I Missed You Too!
• 04. Pac-Man
• 05. Claudia
• 06. El Majá de Vento
• 07. El Día Que Me Quieras