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Bebo Valdes

Title: Sabor de Cuba

Label: Malanga Music

Cat No:MM805
Format:CD

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This 25-track, special digipak CD release includes all the greatest hits recorded by Bebo Valdés with the legendary "Sabor De Cuba" band (1957-1960) and several tracks that appeared in the pre-configuration of that band with mainly the same all-star personnel : Bebo Valdés (p), Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar (tp), Generoso "El Tojo" Jiménez (tb), Gustavo Más, Rafael Quesada (sax); Enrique "Kike" Hernández, Orlando López "Cachaíto" (b); Guillermo Barreto (d), Cándido Camero & Tata Güines (percussion).

This material had been previously locked away in the vaults collecting dust, but two years of extensive investigation by Malanga Music in Havana's Areíto studio archives have brought these gems to light. The tracks have been digitised directly from the original masters, and this edition also boast a 20-page booklet featuring previously unpublished photos and texts in English and Spanish, written by important Cuban musicologists and journalists

Track Listing for Sabor de Cuba
01. SABOR (Guaracha)
02. DILE A CATALINA (Son montuno)
03. ESTOY MATIZANDO (Chachachá)
04. SIEMPRE CANTANDO (Chachachá)
05. DIANE (Canción de Haití)
06. DESCONFIANZA (Afro-Cuban jazz)
07. AFIMAYE (Congo)
08. MUSIC BOX MAMBO (Mambo)
09. ¿A QUIÉN ENGAÑAS? (Danzón)
10. MISSISSIPPI MAMBO (Mambo)
11. SOY MATANCERO (Danzón)
12. TRANQUILO, NIÑO (Danzón)
13. MASA LIMPIA (Montuno batanga)
14. MAMÁ INÉS (Guaracha)
15. MAMBO CANTÁBILE (Mambo)
16. EL MANISERO (Mambo-son)
17. MAYAJIGUA (Montuno batanga)
18. BABALÚ (Afro-chá)
19. BIG SHOT CHA CHA CHÁ (Chachachá)
20. EL CUMBANCHERO (Rumba)
21. WI WI (Guaracha mambo)
22. CHAMIZO (Chachachá)
23. SIBONEY (Lamento chá)
24. PERSIAN CHÁ (Chachachá)
25. SPECIAL DEL BEBO (Descarga)

Reviews

Songlines - Peter Culshaw

Stands comparison with Ruben Gonzalez's World Circuit recordings, highlighting his supple virtuosity and sense of melody. *****

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