Lágrimas Negras is a 2003 album by Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger Bebo Valdés 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 and book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer Fernando Trueba and released by Calle 54 Records and BMG Music Spain.[1][2]
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—[3] won seven Grammy Awards: two for El Arte del Sabor (2002), one for Lágrimas Negras (Black Tears),[4] and two for Bebo de Cuba in 2006 (in the categories "Best Traditional Tropical Album" and "Best Latin Jazz Album").
Valdés spent his last years in Málaga, Spain, before heading back to his home in Stockholm, Sweden, a few weeks before his death.[8] He died in Stockholm on March 22, 2013:[9] he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[10]
Track listing
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Title
Length
1.
Inolvidable (Unforgettable) Music & Lyrics by: Julio Gutierrez
Coordinator [Production Coordination In New York]: Derek Kwan, Todd Barkan
Executive Producer: Fernando Trueba, Nat Chediak
Mastered by: Alan Silverman
Photography by: Guillermo Rodriguez
Photography by [Making Of]: Carlos Carcass
Producer: Fernando Trueba, Javier Limón
Recorded by [Additional at Avatar Studios, New York]: Jim Anderson
Recorded by [Additional at Criteria - The Hit Factory, Miami]: Eric Schilling
Recorded by [Additional at Musiquina, Madrid]: Javier Limón
Recorded by [Assistant], Mixed by [Assistant]: Guillaume Cora
Recorded and mixed by Pepe Loeches
^Billboard - 29 May 2004 - Page 36 Vol. 116, n° 22 "Chucho will perform a concert of "Lágrimas Negras" material May 28 at the Cubadisco music trade fair in Havana. Bebo refuses to visit Cuba because of skirmishes he had in 1960 with the revolutionary government..."
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