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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

by Jerry D'Souza
February 25, 2007

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

by Victor Verney
January 28, 2007

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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Primavera En Nueva York

By Martirio

Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2006

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Bebo de Cuba

By Bebo Valdes

Label: Calle 54 Records
Released: 2005

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Bebo Vald: Bebo de Cuba

Read "Bebo de Cuba" reviewed by Russ Musto

by Russ Musto
November 19, 2005

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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