| LC control no. | n 93073066 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Valdés, Bebo, 1918-2013 |
| Variant(s) | Amaro, Ramón Emilio Valdés, 1918-2013 Bebo, 1918-2013 Valdés Amaro, Ramón Emilio, 1918-2013 Valdés Amaro, Ramón Emilio Dionisio, 1918-2013 |
| See also | Corporate body: Bebo & Cigala Corporate body: Bebo Valdés Trio |
| Birth date | 19181009 |
| Death date | 20130322 |
| Place of birth | Quivicán (Cuba) |
| Place of death | Stockholm (Sweden) |
| Profession or occupation | Pianist Composer Arranger Conductor Jazz musician |
| Found in | Your musical holiday in Havana [SR] 196-?: label (Bebo Valdes) OCLC 9427069 (hdg.: Valdes, Bebo, 1918- ) Calle 54 [SR] p2001: container (Bebo Valdés) insert (piano) All music guide WWW site, Mar. 1, 2002 (Bebo Valdés; b. 1918, Quivicán, Cuba; jazz pianist, composer, and arranger; father of Chucho Valdés) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (under Valdés, Chucho: Bebo Valdés) Lágrimas negras, 2003 (Bebo) Wikipedia, June 18, 2010 ( Bebo Valdés; born Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro in Quivicán, Havana, 9 October 1918; Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, led two famous big bands, and was one of the 'house' arrangers for the Tropicana Club. As of 2008, he lives in Málaga, Spain) New York times (online), viewed Mar. 25, 2013 (in obituary published Mar. 24: Bebo Valdés; Ramón Emilio Dionisio Valdés Amaro, Oct. 9, 1918, Quivicán; d. Friday [Mar. 22, 2013], Stockholm (his primary residence since 1963), aged 94; pianist, arranger, and composer who was a musical lightning rod in Havana during the evolution of the mambo and, after a long fallow period, a million-selling success during the last two decades of his life) |
| Associated language | spa |
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