8-10-05,9:58am

Havana, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) 'We have lost an icon of Cuban culture', said Cuban renowned musician Chucho Valdes on the death of son and bolero singer and composer Ibrahim Ferrer.

In a phone interview with Prensa Latina, the director of Irakere and winner of four Grammy Awards, called Ferrer an extraordinary artist, close friend and brother whose death is just physical since his work remains among the best of Cuban culture.

Chucho Valdes recalled that he wrote the music and Ibrahim the lyrics of a piece called ´La musica cubana´ (The Cuban Music) that is part of the Golden Gramophone award winning CD ´Buenos Hermanos´, produced along with Ry Cooder and El Flaco Jimenez and his accordion, among others cherrished songs.