Released 2003 Label Calle 54, BMG Genre Jazz | Length 39:21 Release date 2003 | |
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Recorded September – December 2002 Studio Musigrama Studios, Madrid; Avatar Studios, New York; The Hit Factory, Miami; Musiquina, Madrid Producer Fernando Truebam, Javier Limón Artists Diego el Cigala, Bebo Valdés Awards Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album Nominations Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album Similar Diego el Cigala albums, Other albums | ||
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.
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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 a few weeks before his death. He had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. in Stockholm (Sweden) on March 22, 2013.
Personnel
Guest musicians
Production and design
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
Songs
1Inolvidable3:20
2Veinte años4:04
3Lágrimas negras5:32