| Chucho's Steps | ||||
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| Released | August 31, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | November 23, 2009 – November 30, 2009 | |||
| Studio | Abdala studio, Havana, Cuba | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 65:57 | |||
| Label | Four-Quarters | |||
| Producer | Chucho Valdés | |||
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Chucho's Steps is an album by jazz pianist Chucho Valdés and his band, the Afro-Cuban Messengers. The album was released in 2010 by Four-Quarters Entertainment and was produced by Valdés, who also composed all of the music. It won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.
Some of the tracks were written in honor of Joe Zawinul, "Zawinul's Mambo", and the Marsalis family, "New Orleans". In addition to his regular sidemen, Valdés employed additional musicians, including singer/percussionist Dreiser Durruthy Bombale.