Music News of Note

BY FERNANDO GONZALEZ
SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD
Cuban pianist, arranger and composer Bebo Valdés, 94, a multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy winner who was one of the last major figures of the golden era of Cuban music, died Friday in Stockholm.

. On Oct. 26, 1960, Valdés left with singer Laserie for Mexico “to fulfill a contract that didn’t actually exist.” He left carrying tapes of the orchestra and enough music for two albums.

“I couldn’t take money out of Cuba, so I took the tapes to sell in Mexico,” he recalled. As for so many Cubans, what began as a temporary departure became a lifetime exile. Valdés never returned to Cuba.

He lived in Mexico City for 18 months, stayed briefly in Spain and toured Europe.

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