Lágrimas Negras (album)


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 —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, one for Lágrimas Negras, and two for Bebo de Cuba in 2006.
His last musical production was one recorded with his son: 2008’s Bebo y Chucho Valdés: Juntos para Siempre, 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

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