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Bebo Valdés

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Jazz

Bebo Valdés is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Nat King Cole, Cachao, Pérez Prado, Paquito D'Rivera and Javier Limón. Those roots explain a lot about how Bebo Valdés arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ibrahim Ferrer, Paquito D'Rivera, Mongo Santamaria, Michel Camilo and Compay Segundo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beny Moré and Chucho Valdés, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Bebo Valdés, reaching back through Nat King Cole and forward to Beny Moré. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bebo ValdésNat King ColeCachaoPérez PradoPaquito D'RiveraJavier LimónBeny MoréChucho ValdésIbrahim FerrerPaquito D'RiveraMongo SantamariaMichel CamiloCompay SegundoEliades OchoaAfro-Cuban All StarsRay Barretto

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Bebo Valdés connections

Bebo Valdés grew out of Nat King Cole, Cachao, Pérez Prado and Paquito D'Rivera, shares an orbit with Ibrahim Ferrer, Paquito D'Rivera, Mongo Santamaria and Michel Camilo, went on to shape Beny Moré and Chucho Valdés. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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