Cachao
Israel Cachao López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008) was a Cuban double bassist and composer who helped popularize mambo in the United States in the early 1950s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, won several Grammy Awards, and has been described as the inventor of the mambo. He is considered a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions). Cachao was born in 1918 in Havana, into a family of musicians, many of them bassists—around forty or more in his extended family. As an 8-year-old bongo player, he joined a children's septet that included a future famous singer and bandleader, Roberto Faz. A year later, already on double bass, he provided music for silent movies in his neighborhood theater, in the company of a pianist who would become a true superstar, the great cabaret performer Ignacio Villa, known as Bola de Nieve. His parents made sure he was classically trained, first at home and then at a conservatory. In his early teens he was already playing contrabass with the Orquesta Filarmónica de La Habana, under the baton of guest conductors including Herbert von Karajan, Igor Stravinsky and Heitor Villa-Lobos. He played with the orchestra from 1930 to 1960. He played the acoustic bass with his late, older brother, the multi-instrumentalist/composer Orestes López, who was known as Macho. The brothers composed literally thousands of songs together and were a major influence on Cuban music from the 1930s to the 1950s. They introduced the nuevo ritmo (new rhythm...
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A Gozar Con Mi Combo
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La Trompeta Y La Flauta
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Mambo
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Isora Club
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El Son No Ha Muerto
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Descarga Cachao
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Al Fin Te Vi
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Lindo Yambu
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El Alcalde
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Descarga Cubana
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Africa Viva (danzon)
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Lluvia, Viento Y Cana
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Marianao Social Club
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Mi Guajira (Guajira) (My Country Girl)
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Eleggua Con Cachao (Coda) (Yoruba chant/canto Yoruba)
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Cachao's Guiro
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Los Tres Golpes/The Three Beats (danza)
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Juana La Coja/Jane The Lame (descarga/jam session)
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El Timbalero Travieso/The Mischievous Timbalero (descarga/jam session)
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El Guapachoso/The Brave One ((Son Montuno))
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Cunde Echa Un Pie/Cunde Takes Off (guaracha)
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Romantica Mujer/Romantic Woman (bolero son)
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Redencion
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Sigue A Paquito Si Puedes/Follow Paquito If You Can (danzon)
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Malanga Amarilla
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Bemba 'e Cuchara/Spoon Lips (descarga/jam session)
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Eleggua (Intro) (Yoruba chant/canto Yoruba)
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El Progreso/The Progress (danzon)
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Cachao's güiro
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Goza Mi Mambo Cubano
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Guajeo De Saxos
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Descarga Guajira
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A Gozar Timbero
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Oye Mi tres Montuno
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Mi guajira
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Trombon Criollo
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Romantica Mujer
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A Gozar con Mi Combo (To Rejoice With My Combo)
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Romántica Mujer
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Una Descarga A Cachao
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Cuba Linda
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Yambu
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Goza Mi Trompeta
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Redención
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Estudio en Trompeta
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Si Me Pudieras Querer
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Avance Juvenil
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La Floresta
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Cogele el Golpe
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Cógele el Golpe
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