Results for "Calle 54 Records"
Frankly

Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Change Partners; Sweet Lorraine; Oh You Crazy Moon; I've Got The World On A String; Love Is A Many Splendored Thing; Just In Time; The Lady Is A Tramp; I Love Paris; All of Me; Witchcraft; Fly Me To The Moon; I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter.
Paquito Hechavarria: Frankly

by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Francisco Paquito" Hechavarría might be best known for his work on Gloria Estefan's Conga," but that record barely scratches the surface in showing what he's capable of playing. Smoking tumbao-based patterns seem to be embedded in his musical DNA: Hechavarría grew up in pre-Castro Cuba and soaked up the rhythms and sounds of his native ...
Live At The Village Vanguard

By Bebo Valdes
Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Con Poco Coco; Sabor a Mi; Ritmando el Cha-Cha-Cha; Rosa Mustia; Andalucia; Siboney; Tres Palabras; Aquellos Ojos Verdes; Bilongo; Si Te Contara; Bebo's Blues; Yesterdays; Manisero; Waltz for Debby.
Bebo Valdes & Javier Colina: Live At The Village Vanguard

by Mark Corroto
The comparison between pianists Bebo Valdés and his son Chucho Valdés could be likened to the choice of the Beatles (Bebo) to the Rolling Stones (Chucho). A more likely frame of reference would be Bebo as the Cuban version of Hank Jones and Chucho that of Don Pullen.Like Jones, Bebo started as an accompanist, ...
We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

By Bebo Valdes
Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together; Bakiff; My One And Only Love; La Rosita; Noche Azul; Someone
to Watch Over Me; Claudia; I Only Have Eyes For You; Adios Nonino; The Way You Look Tonight; Luiza; Waltz
For Debbie; Cancion; Together.
Bebo Valdes and Frederico Britos: We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together

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, ...