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Bebo Vald\u00e9s!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Wait, who?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know! I had to ask myself and my musicological hubby \u2013 who the heck is Bebo Vald\u00e9s and why haven\u2019t we heard of him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also made me wonder if Matt Mullenweg is drunk-choosing jazz names again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I figured learning about a new jazz man was a perfect time to learn more about blocks<\/strong>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\nThanks to the wonders of the Internet, I soon realized that Bebo is the father of Chucho Vald\u00e9s, who we saw at the Vancouver Jazz Fest in 2009. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(At the midnight jam the host mistakenly introduced him as Chuchi – ooops!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, his dad, Bebo? Not so famous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born in October 1918 in Quivican, Cuba, Bebo Vald\u00e9s<\/strong><\/a> was a young piano prodigy active in the Havana nightclub scene in the 1940s and 50s where he was a well-regarded performer, composer, arranger, and musical director. He toured the US and Europe during that time, but soon after the revolution, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His career was overshadowed by his son, Chucho, who became internationally renowned through his work in the band Irakere. Although Bebo had continued to compose, it wasn\u2019t until Paquito D\u2019Rivera drew him back into the studio in the 1990s that he performed again on Todo Ritmo, his first release since 1959. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bebo continued recording 16 more albums and appears in the documentary film, Calle 54 (2000), alongside Chucho<\/strong><\/a>, Gato Barbieri<\/strong><\/a>, Eliane Elias<\/strong><\/a>, Chico O\u2019Farrill<\/strong><\/a>, and Tito Puente<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nHis last recording, with his son, Bebo y Chucho Vald\u00e9s: Juntos para Siempre<\/a><\/em> (Together Forever<\/em> 2008), won the Grammy Award<\/a> for Best Latin Jazz Album<\/a> at the 52nd Grammy Awards<\/a> in 2010. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bebo died of Alzheimer’s-related pneumonia in 2013 at the ripe age of 94.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although he wasn’t a household name, Bebo Valdes was certainly an early mover and shaker in the Cuban music business. Not as seminal to jazz as 5.0 is to WordPress, but big.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nPlacing images in a column is better for mobile than inline.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Clearly, the choice of who and when to jazz-name a new version is a wildly random decision at Automattic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m still rooting for Dizzy Gillespie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, naming Gutenberg\u2019s version for a fairly unfamiliar jazz artist is kinda apropos given that both of them require a bit of work to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or, in the case of Gutenberg, a LOT of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trouble with Gutenberg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The purpose of Gutenberg, and what makes it seminal, is how it works as a page builder by allowing users to create blocks. Each block may have its own formatting or element or widget, which is great. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What I dislike about these blocks is that every paragraph becomes a block, automatically and without an easy override.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So if you are, like me, composing offline and pasting blog-formatted text into the Gutenberg editor, my one or two-sentence paragraphs get automatically split from the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every time you hit the Return key, you get a new block, so remember to do a soft return (Shift>Return) to avoid breaking the paragraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In general, this may not be a problem, but if you decide to reformat a whole page, it can be a hassle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Columns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\nThe best thing about Gutenberg is how it gives us an easy way to create columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, we don’t have to upload and use an additional plugin to make columns!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lists in a Paragraph block in a Column look good with soft returns behind each item. (right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not so good when your list has hard returns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hard returns make the list break out into a series of blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you have a column list in broken 1-line blocks, forget about putting a color background behind the whole list<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In that case, the Color Settings won’t activate as a group (right) and you have to set backgrounds for each listing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\nBILLBOARD’S ESSENTIAL BEBO VALDES DISCS
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Cubano!
Todo Ritmo
Cole Espa\u00f1o
Bebo Rides Again
Lagrimas Negras
Juntos Para Siempre
Chico y Rita
Live at the Village Vanguard<\/p>\n\n\n\nBorn<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
1918<\/a> in Quivican, Cuba<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Died<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
March 22, 2013<\/a> in Stockholm, Sweden<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Tables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Gutenberg also makes tables with two styles, regular, and (below) striped .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bebo’s Grammy Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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