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Chucho Valdés

1941 - Today

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José Luis Niemann, better known as Chucho (born October 9, 1941), is a Chilean pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chucho Valdés has received more than 227,724 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Chucho Valdés is the 469th most popular musician (up from 638th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 54th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Cuban Musician.

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  • 230k

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  • 55.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chucho Valdés ranks 469 out of 2,662Before him are Maxim Shostakovich, Rudolf Serkin, Eugene Ormandy, Captain Beefheart, Robert Miles, and Guido Cantelli. After him are Jason Newsted, Bert Kaempfert, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bronisław Huberman, Ian McDonald, and Salvatore Accardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Chucho Valdés ranks 162Before him are Aldrich Ames, Yuri Norstein, Captain Beefheart, Robert D. Putnam, Ahmed Shafik, and Jaan Kaplinski. After him are Luis Alberto Lacalle, Salvatore Accardo, Sarah Miles, Peter Cullen, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Fionnula Flanagan.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Chucho Valdés ranks 37 out of 248Before him are Alberto Juantorena (1950), Huber Matos (1918), Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), Ramón Grau (1881), Rubén González (1919), and Wifredo Lam (1902). After him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Leo Brouwer (1939), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Carlos Puebla (1917), Bebo Valdés (1918), and Ernesto Lecuona (1895).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Chucho Valdés ranks 3Before him are Compay Segundo (1907) and Rubén González (1919). After him are Carlos Puebla (1917), Bebo Valdés (1918), Jorge Bolet (1914), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Dave Lombardo (1965), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Rudy Sarzo (1950), Rico Rodriguez (1934), and Armando Peraza (1924).