Bebo

Manuel Saumell Robredo (Composer), Ignacio Cervantes (Composer), Sindo Garay (Composer), Jose White (Composer), Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes (Composer), Jorge Anckerman (Composer), Guillermo Castillo (Composer), Ernesto Lecuona (Composer), Ignacio Pineiro (Composer), Moises Simons (Composer), Silvestre Mendez (Composer), Bebo Valdes (Composer), Virgilio Marti (Composer), Bebo Valdés (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Bebo Valdés
• Composer: Manuel Saumell Robredo, Ignacio Cervantes, Sindo Garay, Jose White, Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, et al.
• Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Union Music Group
• ASIN: B000IHYWUO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #360,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing cuban piano jazz, August 19, 2008

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DJ Outro (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bebo (Audio CD)

If you close your eyes and listen to this album, you would be convinced there are at least four hands on the piano at any moment. You would be wrong, of course, since this is a solo piano album by the Cuban legend Bebo Valdes. Not only that, it's his debut solo album, at the young age of 88. As he plays through one traditional track after another, it becomes clear that the piano is his vehicle for nostalgia - it is easy to imagine these sounds coming straight from a Havana night club in the 1950s. I would hesitate to compare him to the late Ruben Gonzalez, as Bebo is a bit less florid and this album is less improvisational than Gonzalez's work, but there's no doubt that he is of the same technical caliber. All the tracks are excellent - I especially like his renditions of La Bella Cubana (tk 6) and Tres Lindas Cubanas (tk 9).