Bebo & Cigala - Lágrimas Negras [2004]
Flamenco, Afro-Cuban music | 39’25 | EAC/FLAC+CUE+LOG | Front JPG | ~207 Mb
This album pairs one of the greatest flamenco singers of today, cantaor Diego El Cigala, with one of Cuba’s finest Afro-Cuban pianists, Bebo Valdes. With Valdes (father of the great Chucho Valdes) born in 1918, there’s a 40-year age difference between the pianist and the singer, but they do a fine job crossing generations and oceans to discover the commonalities between Caribbean and the Iberian music, coming up with a romantic marriage of the two cultures using rumbas, guajira, sons and boleros. All the songs are classics out of the Latin music tradition, using just a handful of players in support. Valdes’s fingers are delicate and prone to dramatic flourishes; Cigala’s voice is pure flamenco in its hoarse intonation, cadence and emotional outpourings. The two masters make the union work by focusing on the drama of the love songs–”Veinte Años,” “Inolvidable” and the title track are just three amazing examples–as fuel for some of the most exquisitely passionate music to come out in ages.–Tad Hendrickson - Amazon.com
Track Listing
01. Inolvidable [3:20.10]
02. Veinte Anos [4:03.55]
03. Lgrimas Negras [5:31.47]
04. Nieblas del Riachuelo [3:07.04]
05. Corazn Loco [3:15.67]
06. Se me Olvido que te Olvide [3:54.62]
07. Vete de mi [2:56.23]
08. La Bien Paga [8:58.22]
09. Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar [4:17.60]