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Bebo Valdes and Frederico Britos: We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

Read "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together" reviewed by Geoff Mirelowitz


A more apt title would be hard to find for this intriguing piano/violin excursion into the music of the Americas. And the music could hardly be placed in more talented hands. Bebo Valdés is not only a giant of Cuban music, he is a giant of the jazz piano, period. Though perhaps not as widely known, ...

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Bebo Valdes & Frederico Britos: We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

Read "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Bebo Valdes and Federico Britos are an inspired pairing. Valdes, who has been living in Stockholm since 1963, is one of the prime figures of Cuban jazz. The pianist made his biggest impact in the '40s and '50s, before he left the country in 1960. He kept to himself until 1994, when he emerged from his ...

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Bebo Valdes: Bebo

Read "Bebo Valdes: Bebo" reviewed by Victor Verney


Bebo Valdés Bebo Calle 54 2006 Bebo Valdés is more than the ranking patriarch of Cuban pianists: he is a living archive of the piano literature of Cuba, as this eponymously titled release amply demonstrates. More than simply a solo album--amazingly, his first ever--this release is a comprehensive ...

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Bebo de Cuba

Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2005

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Bebo Vald: Bebo de Cuba

Read "Bebo de Cuba" reviewed by Russ Musto


This landmark set superbly documents the wide ranging talents of one of Cuba's greatest artists--expatriate pianist/composer/arranger Bebo Valdés--in the company of an impressive cast of New York's finest Latin jazz instrumentalists. The first disc, Suite Cubana, features the pianist, father of the more famous Chucho Valdés, leading an all-star big band through a collection of original ...

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Article: Film Review

Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala: Blanco Y Negro

Read "Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala: Blanco Y Negro" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Bebo Valdes & Diego el Cigala Blanco Y Negro Bluebird 2005 I may fall out of favor with my fellow Americans expressing admiration for cultures much older and well, certainly more developed then ours. You disagree? Did you catch more then five minutes of the latest addition of the ...

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Lágrimas Negras

Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2003

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El Arte Del Sabor

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Lamento Cubano, Son de la Loma, El Maranon, Bolero Popurri, Priquitin Pin Pon, Negro de Sociedad, Buche & Pluma - Na Ma, El Reloj de Pastora, Conga Popurri, Ogguere, Pare Cochero, Cumbanchero, Si llego a baserte, Guracha Popurri, Romance en La Habana, Route 66, Adios Panama - Para Vigo Me Voy


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