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Lágrimas Negras
Studio album by Bebo Valdés and Diego el Cigala
Released	March 10, 2003
Recorded	September – December 2002
Studio	Musigrama, Madrid, Spain Avatar, New York City, US Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, US Musiquina, Madrid, Spain
Genre	Latin jazz, flamenco, bolero
Length	39:21
Label	Calle 54, BMG
Producer	Fernando Truebam, 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 (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 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.

Background

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— won seven Grammy Awards: two for El Arte del Sabor (2002), one for Lágrimas Negras (Black Tears), 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), winner of the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards in 2010; they also won the Latin Grammy Award on the same field.

Valdés spent his last years in Málaga, Spain, before heading back to his home in Stockholm, Sweden, a few weeks before his death. He died in Stockholm on March 22, 2013: he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Track listing

Personnel

• Piano: Bebo Valdés
• Vocals: Dieguito el Cigala
• Vocals: Dieguito el Cigala & Caetano Veloso

Guest musicians

• Bass: Javier Colina
• Contrabass: Javier Colina
• Cajón: Rickard Valdés
• Cajón: Israel Porrina "Piraña"
• Alto Saxophone: Paquito D'Rivera
• Congas: Tata Güines
• Shekere: Pancho Terry
• Timbales: Changuito
• Violin: Federico Britos
• Guitar: "Niño Josele" (Juan José Heredia)
• Chorus: Milton Cardona, Pedrito Martínez, Orlando "Puntilla" Ríos

Production and design

Coordinator : Derek Kwan, Todd Barkan
Executive Producer: Fernando Trueba, Nat Chediak
Mastered by: Alan Silverman
Photography by: Guillermo Rodriguez
Photography by : Carlos Carcass
Producer: Fernando Trueba, Javier Limón
Recorded by : Jim Anderson
Recorded by : Eric Schilling
Recorded by : Javier Limón
Recorded by , Mixed by : Guillaume Cora
Recorded and mixed by Pepe Loeches

References

1. ^ Bebo Valdés, another music "grande" gone Archived 2013-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
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 Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
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. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
7. "(in Spanish) Lágrimas negras por la partida de Bebo Valdés". Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
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. Washington Post (subscription required)

External links

• Calle 54 Records
• discogs.com
• latinzine.msn.com
• La Prensa - Panamá
• flamenco-world.com
• Washington Post

• 2003 albums
• Bebo Valdés albums
• Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album
• 2000s Spanish-language albums