Bebo Valdés

Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big band arrangements and compositions of mambo, chachachá and batanga, a genre he created in 1952.

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Who was born first?

• Bebo Valdés and Leonard Bernstein were born the same year
• Bebo Valdés and Gerald Wilson were born the same year
• Bebo Valdés and Alexander Galich were born the same year
• Bebo Valdés and Marian McPartland were born the same year
• Bebo Valdés and Bernd Alois Zimmermann were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexander GalichOctober 19, 1918 – December 15, 1977
2. Bebo Valdés (this page)October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013
3. Bernd Alois ZimmermannMarch 20, 1918 – August 10, 1970
4. Gerald WilsonSeptember 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014
5. Leonard BernsteinAugust 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
6. Marian McPartlandMarch 20, 1918 – August 20, 2013

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