''Juntos para siempre'' ("Together Forever") a 2008

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by Cuban pianists

Bebo Valdés Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big b ...

and

Chucho Valdés Jesús Valdés Rodríguez, better known as Chucho Valdés (born October 9, 1941), is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he fo ...

. The album was recorded as a

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, father and son recording together for the first time in almost 50 years. Each played on a different piano, Chucho being recorded on the left channel and Bebo on the right.''Juntos para siempre'' liner notes. 2008. Sony Music Latin. The recordings, made in Madrid in two sessions in 2007, were produced by Nat Chediak and

Fernando Trueba Fernando Rodríguez Trueba (born 18 January 1955), known as Fernando Trueba, is a Spanish book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País' ...

and consist mostly of Latin

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, including Bebo's own compositions such as "Rareza del siglo", his first hit. Commenting on the long hiatus which kept Bebo away from his family, he stated that he thought that he would never see his son again, but when finally they had the opportunity to be together and record it, it was a "reward for all those years of uncertainty." The album was well-received by critics, winning the

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for Best Latin Jazz Album at the

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in 2010, as well as the

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in the same category.

Track listing

The track listing from

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References

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