# Chucho Valdés & Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Miner Auditorium, August 2, 2018

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/chucho-Valdés--gonzalo-rubalcaba/) presents [Chucho Valdés](http://www.chucho-Valdés.com/) & [Gonzalo Rubalcaba](http://www.g-rubalcaba.com/)  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, August 2, 2018

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## One Set

[7:34 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, duo out]

01. [7:39 PM] ? (GR starts, CV joins after about a minute)
02. [7:45 PM] ?
03. [7:57 PM] ? (raging! CV high, GR low)
04. [8:06 PM] ? (GR solo) » [8:09 PM] (CV solo) » [8:12 PM] (duet)  
[8:19 PM, GR off, stopping to rub CV's Buddha-belly on the way out]
05. [8:20 PM] ? (CV solo)  
[8:27 PM CV dances off; GR on after a moment]
06. [8:28 PM] ? (GR solo)  
[CV back]
07. [8:36 PM] ? (a through-composed piece?)
08. [8:46 PM] ? (another through-composed piece?)  
[set ends 8:58 PM; both guys off after a minute or so while the audience hoots & hollers]  
   
**Encore**
09. [9:00 PM] ? (final duet)  
[show ends 9:06 PM]

## Performers

* [Gonzalo Rubalcaba](http://www.g-rubalcaba.com/): piano;
* [Chucho Valdés](http://www.chucho-Valdés.com/): piano.

## Notes

Piano duos are a rare treat, and this one was darn good!

I apologize for the totally deficient setlist, but neither Chucho nor Gonzalo said a word. Some of the tunes or riffs seemed familiar, but nothing summoned a name into my consciousness.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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