{"id":408608,"date":"2026-09-23T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408608\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:56:09","slug":"fresh-off-new-uncut-album-afro-cuban-jazz-legend-chucho-valdes-plays-tampa-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408608\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh off new &#8216;Uncut&#8217; album, Afro-Cuban jazz legend Chucho Vald\u00e9s plays Tampa this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"368332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/chucho-valdes-royal-quartet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chucho-Valdes-Royal-Quartet-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chucho Valdes Royal Quartet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;(L-R) Roberto Jr. Vizcaino, Jos\u00e9 Armando Golam Horacio \u201cEl Negro\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez, and Chucho Vald\u00e9s.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chucho-Valdes-Royal-Quartet-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chucho-Valdes-Royal-Quartet.jpg\" alt=\"A promotional studio group photograph showing (L-R) Roberto Jr. Vizcaino, Jos\u00e9 Armando Golam Horacio &quot;El Negro&quot; Hern\u00e1ndez, and Chucho Vald\u00e9s. Standing against a plain white backdrop, four musicians are arranged in a playful line from left to right. On the far left, Roberto Jr. Vizcaino wears a cream jacket and grey pants while holding a djembe drum raised near his head. Next to him, Jos\u00e9 Armando Golam wears a white jacket over a graphic t-shirt and holds an acoustic bass guitar. Beside him, Horacio &quot;El Negro&quot; Hern\u00e1ndez wears a colorful red, yellow, and black striped shirt with jeans, holding percussion sticks and laughing in profile. On the far right, Chucho Vald\u00e9s stands facing forward with arms crossed, wearing a beige cap, a matching cream sweatshirt, and cream trousers under bright studio lighting.\" class=\"wp-image-368332\"  \/>(L-R) Roberto Jr. Vizcaino, Jos\u00e9 Armando Golam Horacio \u201cEl Negro\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez, and Chucho Vald\u00e9s. Credit: Martin Espino<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 85 years old, <a href=\"https:\/\/chucho-valdes.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/chucho-valdes.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chucho Vald\u00e9s <\/a>is still releasing new music. His latest, Uncut (InnerJazz) (stylized \u201cUNCUT\u201d), includes eight tracks of solo piano all cut in one continuous session, no edits, or second takes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Afro-Cuban jazz icon brings a quartet that includes bassist Armando, drummer Horacio \u201cEl Negro\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez, and percussionist Roberto Jr. Vizcaino to this set that very well could dip into many parts of the nearly 94 albums to his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/chucho-valdes-royal-quartet-21451606\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/chucho-valdes-royal-quartet-21451606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets to see Chucho Vald\u00e9s Royal Quartet at Ferguson Hall at Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Tampa on Saturday, Sept. 26 are still available and start at $54.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790196969_628_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/sept-24-30-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 24 \u2013 30, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(L-R) Roberto Jr. Vizcaino, Jos\u00e9 Armando Golam Horacio \u201cEl Negro\u201d Hern\u00e1ndez, and Chucho Vald\u00e9s. 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