Diego Valdes

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Born in Havana Cuba, from the age of 9 he studied the Chello at the "Alejandro García Caturla" Conservatory and from the age of 12 the Double Bass at the "Amadeo Roldan" Conservatory.

From a very young age I started Electric Bass classes with Carlos del Puerto, bassist from Grupo IRAKERE.

In Cuba I began my professional career as a bassist for the singer;

  1. Beatriz Marquez,

  2. Mayra Caridad Valdes,

  3. The Trombonist Juan Pablo Torres,

  4. Grupo Galaxia,

  5. The singer-songwriter Santiago Feliu,

  6. Grupo Diàkara who accompanied Silvio Rodriguez.

    Participate in several Jazz Festivals in Havana, Martinique and Guadalupe, Curaçao, Venezuela, with the JAZZ VALDES Quartet of Chucho Valdes, Bassist of the Brazilian Percussionist Airto Moreira and the USA singer Flora Purin, DIAKARA Group, IRAKERE accompanying Silvio Rodríguez in Chile .

    Based in Colombia since 1997, Professor at the Javeriana University (1998-2001), Jury at Various Jazz Festivals, Salsa Festival and Rock Festival, I have worked and recorded with great Colombian Artists and Musicians such as Moisés Angulo, Andrés Cepeda (recording several albums from year 2000 to the present), I participated in the recording of his last DVD and CD "Jazz a Mi Manera" together with Horacio(El negro) Hernandez (Drums) and Ahmed Barroso (Guitar), Cesar Mora and his Orquesta María Canela participate In his work CD "Do it Well", Margarita Rosa by Francisco CD "La Caponera" and "La Madre", Los Tri-o, Yuri Buenaventura, Participate in his latest album "MANIGUA" Together with the National Symphony of Colombia. Jazz pianists Eddy Martínez, Oscar Acevedo, Héctor Martignon, with the Trio of USA Pianist Jeff Gardner and Drummer Anthony Pinzzotty, singer-songwriter Mónica Giraldo.

    Currently bassist for the Band in La Voz Colombia, Yo me Llamo, La Pista, La Voz Kids, A Otro Nivel. Bassist for the singer-songwriter Santiago Cruz (2008-2017) and on his latest DVD-CD “Una Historia Diferente”. Chabuco Martínez, singer Vallenato Fusion with Jazz, Flamenco, Brazil, record his CD Clásicos Café La Bolsa. Presentations in National and International Jazz Festivals as a bass player accompanying international and national musicians and with my own band. Producer and Arranger in Various Musical Productions such as, Moises Angulo, Alex Diaz, Luis del Toro, Maria Isabel Saavedra. In 2009- recording first CD, DVProject. Pay Attention (Latin-Jazz Fusion). In 2018 He released your second DVProject production, “LATIMBASS”, available on all Digital Platforms.