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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Holiday In Havana - Bebos Valdes

Mambo Caliente
Holiday In Havana
Mambos And Cha Cha Chas
Bebo Valdes And His Havana All Stars

From the back cover: Born in 1918 near Havana, Bebo Valdes looks more like a heavyweight champion than a musician. But music has been his main interest, ever since he played the piano as a child. He studied at the Havana Conservatory, and soon began to play with and arrange for the leading bands of Havana. A trip to Haiti, where Bebo played for one season with a Haitian band and studied the African rhythms of that strange island, led to his association with the "Tropicana". He has been highly popular there for the past six years.

Zig Zag Mambo
Smoocha-Cha
Mambo Caliente
Miramar
Chiribiricocola
Cha Cha Cha Lesson
Music Box Mambo
Hotcha-Cha
Mambo Riff
Pan Pan Pan
Big Shot Cha Cha Cha
Mambo Cantabile

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