Chucho Valdés | Jazz review

Ronnie Scott's, LondonRonnie Scott's isn't that small by club standards, but Chucho Valdés, the 68-year-old physical and musical giant from Quivicán in Cuba, makes it feel like a shoebox. Valdés's octave span might even have frightened Rachmaninov, and his headlong keyboard exploits – traversing most of jazz piano history, and often veering into classical – sound as if they might burst open the doors.Saturday's crowd had already been tuned into Latin American grooves by an...

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