Cuban band founded by pianist Chucho Valdés (son of Bebo Valdés) in 1973. They won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording in 1980
withtheir album Irakere. Irakere was a seminal musical laboratory, where historic innovations in both Afro-Cuban jazz and Cuban popular
dancemusic were created. The group used a wide array of percussion instruments like batá, abakuá and arará drums, chequerés, erikundis,
maracas,claves, cencerros, bongó, tumbadoras (congas), and güiro.
