Lágrimas Negras (album)

Lágrimas Negras
Studio album by Bebo & Cigala
Released 2003
Genre Latin Jazz, Flamenco, Bolero
Length 39:21
Label Calle 54 Records, S.L.
BMG Music Spain, S.A.
Producer Fernando Trueba & Javier Limón
Bebo Valdés chronology
El Arte del Sabor (2002) Lágrimas Negras (2003) Juntos Para Siempre
(2008)
Diego «El Cigala» chronology
Directo en el Teatro Real (Live, with Niño Josele) (2002) Lágrimas Negras (2003) Picasso en mis ojos (2005)

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 book editor, screenwriter, film director and producer Fernando Trueba and released by Calle 54 Records and BMG Music Spain.[1] [2]

Background

Main article: Bebo Valdés

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").

His last musical production was one recorded with his son: 2008’s Bebo y Chucho Valdés: Juntos para Siempre (Together Forever),[1] winner of the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010;[5] they also won the Latin Grammy Award on the same field.[6][7]

Valdés spent his last years in Málaga, Spain, before heading back to his home in Stockholm a few weeks before his death. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[8] in Stockholm (Sweden) on March 22, 2013.[9][10]

Track listing

# Title Length
1. Inolvidable (Unforgettable)
Music & Lyrics by: Julio Gutierrez 		3:20
2. Veinte Años (Twenty Years)
Music & Lyrics by: María Teresa Vera 		4:03
3. Lágrimas Negras (Black Tears)
Music & Lyrics by: Miguel Matamoros 		5:31
4. Nieblas del Riachuelo (Stream Fogs)
Lyrics by: Enrique Cadícamo & Music by: Juan Carlos Cobián 		3:07
5. Corazón Loco (Crazy Heart)
Music & Lyrics by: Richard Dannenberg 		3:54
6. Se Me Olvidó Que Te Olvidé (I Forgot That I Have Forgotten You)
Music & Lyrics by: Lolita De La Colina 		3:15
7. Vete de Mí (Get Away From Me)
Music & Lyrics by: Homero Expósito, Virgilio Expósito 		2:56
8. La Bien Pagá (The Well Rewarded)
Lyrics by: Ramón Perelló / Music by: Juan Mostazo 		8:58
9. Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar / Coraçao Vagabundo (I Know I'll Love You / Vagabond Heart)
Lyrics by: Vinicius De Moraes Music by: Antonio Carlos Jobim / Music & Lyrics by: Caetano Veloso 		4:19

Performers

Guest performers

Additional Personnel

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

References

  1. 1 2 Bebo Valdés, another music "grande" gone
  2. ↑ 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..."
  3. ↑ More from The Maestro
  4. ↑ Diego el Cigala and Bebo Valdés win a Latin Grammy
  5. ↑ "Bebo Valdes — Charts & Awards — Grammy Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  6. ↑ "Mejor Album de Jazz Latino". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  7. ↑ (in Spanish) Lágrimas negras por la partida de Bebo Valdés
  8. ↑ (in Spanish) Lágrimas negras por el adiós de Bebo Valdés
  9. ↑ (in Spanish) Muere el pianista cubano Bebo Valdés, a los 94 años
  10. ↑ Bebo Valdes, Cuban pianist and composer, dies at 94

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