CACHAO

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Cuban mambo musician, bassist, composer, bandleader. Born September 14, 1918, Havana, Cuba, died March 22, 2008, Coral Gables, USA. In the early 1950s Cachao has popularized mambo music in the USA.

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In tandem with his multi-instrumentalist brother Orestes, bassist Israel "Cachao" López introduced to Cuban music the African rhythms that transformed the island's traditional danzón into what is now known as the mambo -- he also pioneered the descarga, the late-night jam sessions that revolutionized the sound and scope of Afro-Cuban pop and jazz. Born in Havana on September 14, 1918, just over a decade after Orestes, Cachao was the product of a sprawling, multi-generational musical family. At age eight he joined a local children's septet that featured singer Roberto Faz, himself a significant figure in Cuban musical history as well, and within a year teamed with another future legend, pianist Ignacio Villa (aka Bola de Nieve) to play his neighborhood
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CACHAO Descargas Cubanas (aka Jam Session in Miniature aka Original Egrem Studio Session) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descargas Cubanas (aka Jam Session in Miniature aka Original Egrem Studio Session)
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1957
CACHAO El Gran Cachao (aka Super-Danzones Vol. 2 aka Cachao Y Su Típica Vol. 2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
El Gran Cachao (aka Super-Danzones Vol. 2 aka Cachao Y Su Típica Vol. 2)
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1958
CACHAO Con el ritmo de Cachao (aka Super-Danzones aka Camina Juan Pescao aka La Leyenda Vol. 2 aka Super Danzones Vol-2) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Con el ritmo de Cachao (aka Super-Danzones aka Camina Juan Pescao aka La Leyenda Vol. 2 aka Super Danzones Vol-2)
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1958
CACHAO Jam Session With Feeling (aka Cachao) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jam Session With Feeling (aka Cachao)
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1958
CACHAO Cuban Music Jam Session album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cuban Music Jam Session
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1959
CACHAO Cachao Y Su Conjunto : Descarga album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cachao Y Su Conjunto : Descarga
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1959
CACHAO Descargas... Con El Ritmo De Cachao album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descargas... Con El Ritmo De Cachao
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1961
CACHAO Cachao Te Pone A Bailar album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cachao Te Pone A Bailar
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1971
CACHAO Dos album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dos
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1977
CACHAO Cachao Y Su Descarga '77 Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cachao Y Su Descarga '77 Vol. 1
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1977
CACHAO Maestro De Maestros (aka Maestro de Maestros Israel Lopez 0.00 | 0 ratings
Maestro De Maestros (aka Maestro de Maestros Israel Lopez "Cachao" y Su Descarga)
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1986
CACHAO Master Sessions, Volume I album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Master Sessions, Volume I
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1994
CACHAO Cachao Y Su Orquesta : Descargas Y Mambo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cachao Y Su Orquesta : Descargas Y Mambo
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1994
CACHAO Maestro De Maestros Israel Lopez 0.00 | 0 ratings
Maestro De Maestros Israel Lopez "Cachao" Y Sus Amigos Part II
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1994
CACHAO Master Sessions Vol.II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Master Sessions Vol.II
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1995
CACHAO Superdanzones album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Superdanzones
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1997
CACHAO Cuba Linda album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cuba Linda
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2000
CACHAO Ahora Si! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ahora Si!
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2004

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CACHAO The Last Mambo - La Leyenda En Vivo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Last Mambo - La Leyenda En Vivo
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2011

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CACHAO Descarga Cachao album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descarga Cachao
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1994

CACHAO re-issues & compilations

CACHAO Cuban Jam Session Volumen II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cuban Jam Session Volumen II
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1987
CACHAO From Havana to New York album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
From Havana to New York
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1994
CACHAO Descarga Cubana album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descarga Cubana
Afro-Cuban Jazz 1997
CACHAO Descargas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descargas
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2002
CACHAO Descarga Guajira album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descarga Guajira
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2002
CACHAO Descargas Cubanas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descargas Cubanas
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2003
CACHAO Descargas: The Havana Sessions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Descargas: The Havana Sessions
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2007
CACHAO Cuban Music In 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cuban Music In "Jam Session"
Afro-Cuban Jazz 2017

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