Bebo Valdés

CTL-E-1669 · Person · musician · 1940s–2013

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Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader; father of Chucho Valdés and his first piano teacher. Directed the Sabor de Cuba orchestra, with which Chucho debuted professionally in 1959.

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Also known as: Ramón Valdés

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Chucho Valdés — child of → this record

Sources

AllMusic — Chucho Valdés biography
The Soraya — Chucho Valdés and Irakere 50
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