Valdés, Bebo 1918-2013 (Nombre personal)

VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/69130051/#Valdés,_Bebo,_1918-2013 Bebo Valdés (Ramón Emilio Dionisio Valdés Amaro), (born Oct. 9, 1918, Quivicán, Cuba—died March 22, 2013, Stockholm, Swed.), Cuban-born pianist, arranger, and composer who accompanied singers, led bands, and was a major influence on the lively Cuban music scene that emerged after World War II. In addition to being trained in classical music at Havana’s Conservatorio Municipal, Valdés was inspired by traditional Cuban rhythms, popular Cuban dance music, and American swing. While a pianist (1948–57) at Havana’s glamorous Tropicana nightclub-casino, he worked with a parade of Cuban singing stars, composed film scores, and recorded for Verve, an American record label. He then arranged Nat King Cole’s Cole Español album (1958) and formed the Cuban-bop band Sabor de Cuba, which included his teenage son Chucho on piano. Valdés left Cuba in 1960, settled in Stockholm, and played mostly in Swedish hotel lounges for three decades. His fame was refreshed by his 1994 album Bebo Rides Again and his reunion with Chucho (by then famous) in the documentary film Calle 54 (2000). Among Valdés’s later albums were six that won Latin Grammy Awards and the million-selling Lágrimas negras (2003), with flamenco singer Diego El Cigala. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bebo-Valdes