El nueve de octubre/October 9th
Bebo (front) and Chucho Valdés. Photo from elpais.com. Click HERE. ¡Feliz cumpleaños a ...Bebo Valdés (1918-2013) y Chucho Valdés (su hijo) (1941- )! Bebo Valdés (full name Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro), a Cuban musician and central figure in the Golden Age of Cuban music, started his career as a pianist in the nightclubs of Havana during the 1940s. Later on his orchestra, Sabor de Cuba, often performed at the Tropicana Cabaret. He was also an important figure in the nascent Afro-Cuban jazz scene in Cuba at the time. In 1960, due to the Cuban Revolution, Valdés defected to Mexico. He then spent time in the United States before moving to Stockholm, Sweden, where he lived for the rest of this life. Valdés won seven Grammy awards during his career, the last being in 2010, for a musical production recorded with his son Chucho, Bebo y Chucho Valdés: Juntos para siempre . The album won Best Latin Jazz Album. They also won a Latin Grammy. In 2011, he was awarded ...