Rumba Para Bebo

Published: June 19, 2014, 11:32 p.m.

b'[APWW PGM #678] [Originally Aired in 2013]\\n\\nThe legendary Cuban pianist / bandleader / composer Ram\\xf3n "Bebo" Vald\\xe9s used to say, el d\\xeda que me muera, no quiero lloradera. Que toquen una rumba, que tomen ron y coman chocolate, y que toquen mi m\\xfasica m\\xe1s bailable. The day I die, I don\\u2019t want weeping. Have a rumba, drink rum and eat chocolate, and play my most danceable music.\\n\\nBebo passed on March 22, 2013 at the age of 94, and to honor his memory in high spirits, Afropop Worldwide producer Ned Sublette travels to the Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival for an exclusive presentation: highlights from the historic Rumba Para Bebo \\u2013 part concert, part memorial, part Cuban jazz jam, part rumba, and part Kongo ceremony.\\n\\nThe show features Bebo\'s son and former pupil, the reigning grandmaster Cuban pianist / bandleader / composer Jes\\xfas "Chucho" Vald\\xe9s and the Afro Cuban Messengers, and with special guests Jerry Gonz\\xe1lez, Omar Sosa and Malongo, Mayra Caridad Vald\\xe9s, L\\xe1zara Cachao, Javier Mass\\xf3 \\u201cCaramelo,\\u201d Javier Colina, Mauricio Vallina, Paloma Manfug\\xe1s, Eladio Rein\\xf3n, David Pastor, and more!'