''Lágrimas Negras'' is a 2003 album by Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger
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 Spanish flamenco singer Diego el Cigala. ''Lágrimas Negras'' is a fusion of Cuban rhythms and flamenco vocals, produced by Spanish composer, producer and guitarist
Javier Limón
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and book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer
Fernando Trueba
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and released by Calle 54 Records and
BMG Music
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Spain.Bebo Valdés, another music "grande" gone
Background
During his career Bebo Valdés (born ''Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro''; 9 October 1918) —one of the founders of Latin jazz, and a pioneer in bringing Afro-Cuban sacred rhythms to popular dance music— won seven
Grammy Awards
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: two for ''El Arte del Sabor'' (2002), one for ''Lágrimas Negras'' (Black Tears), and two for ''Bebo de Cuba'' in 2006 (in the categories "Best Traditional Tropical Album" and "Best Latin Jazz Album").
His last musical production was one recorded with his son: 2008’s '' Bebo y Chucho Valdés: Juntos para Siempre'' (''Together Forever''), winner of the
Grammy Award
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52nd Grammy Awards
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in 2010; they also won the
Latin Grammy Award
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on the same field.
Valdés spent his last years in Málaga, Spain, before heading back to his home in Stockholm, Sweden, a few weeks before his death. He died in Stockholm on March 22, 2013: he had been suffering from
Alzheimer's disease
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Changuito
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Biography
Quintana was born in 1948 in Casablanca, Cuba.rack 3*Violin: Federico Britos rack 4*Guitar: " Niño Josele" (Juan José Heredia)
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Rack or racks may refer to:
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*Chorus: Milton Cardona,
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Fernando Trueba
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Between 1974 and 1979, he worked as a film critic for Spain's leading daily newspaper '' El País' ...