◇ image via WikipediaBebo Valdés
Bebo Valdés is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Paquito D'Rivera, Javier Limón, Pérez Prado and Nat King Cole. Those roots explain a lot about how Bebo Valdés arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ibrahim Ferrer, Mongo Santamaria, Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa and Afro-Cuban All Stars, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chucho Valdés and Beny Moré, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around Bebo Valdés, reaching back through Paquito D'Rivera and forward to Chucho Valdés. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Bebo Valdés connections
Bebo Valdés grew out of Paquito D'Rivera, Javier Limón, Pérez Prado and Nat King Cole, shares an orbit with Ibrahim Ferrer, Mongo Santamaria, Compay Segundo and Eliades Ochoa, went on to shape Chucho Valdés and Beny Moré. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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