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Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger.
Mar 25, 2013 · Valdés was one of the most creative and influential bandleaders in the pre-revolutionary Cuba of the 1940s and 50s. He defected from Cuba after the 1959 revolution and...
Bebo Valdés, a pianist, arranger and composer who was a musical lightning rod in Havana during the evolution of the mambo and, after a long fallow period, a million-selling success in his...
Mar 22, 2013 · One of the giants of Cuban music, pianist and composer/arranger Bebo Valdés, died Friday in Sweden due to complications from pneumonia, according to his wife and manager. He was 94.
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Mar 22, 2013 · Bebo Valdés was a big man whose music revealed a huge heart. The gentle giant of Cuban music, who died Friday (March 22) at age 94, was one of the founders of Latin jazz, and a pioneer in...
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Mar 22, 2013 · MADRID (AP) — Renowned Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, a composer and bandleader who recorded with Nat “King” Cole, was musical director at Havana’s legendary Tropicana Club and a key participant in the golden age of Cuban music, has died in Sweden at age 94.
GRAMMY- and Latin GRAMMY-winning jazz pianist/composer/arranger Bebo Valdés died March 22 in Sweden. A cause of death was not disclosed. He was 94. Born in Quivican, Cuba, Valdés is the father of fellow GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winner Chucho Valdés.
