Effective period / Period of releases: 1974 - 2003

Members: Chucho Valdés, Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, Armando Cuervo, Carlos Averhoff, Oscar Valdés, Carlos Emilio Morales, Jorge Varona, Enrique Plá, Jorge Alfonso, Carlos del Puerto, Jorge Reyes (2), Mayra Caridad Valdes, Miguel "Angá" Díaz, Julio Padron, César López, Roman Filiu, Irving Acao, Bernardo García, Carlos Barbón, Manuel Machado, Orlando "Maraca" Valle, Roman Feliu O'Reilly, Juan Munguia, Germán Velazco, Adalberto Lara, Lazaro Cruz Olmos, Armando Sequeira, José Luis Cortés, Andrés Miranda, José Miguel Crego

Irakere is one of Cuba’s most influential bands. Founded in 1973, Irakere created a sound that mixed jazz, European traditional music, rock, funk with the rhythmic Cuban tradition, enriched with Afro-Cuban and electronic influences. Many of the best Cuban musicians have played in the band during the past decades, such as Chucho Valdés, Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Carlos Averhoff, Jorge Varona, Germán Velazco, Enrique Plá, Carlos Emilio Morales, Carlos del Puerto and Jorge Alfonso.