Cachao
Sign in to saveIsrael López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao ( ), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918-09-14
- Died
- 2008-03-22
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Master Sessions (Cachao)
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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. <a href="http
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Cachao
- Musical artist.image
- Cachao, 1960.jpg
- Musical artist.image_upright
- 1.2
- Musical artist.caption
- Cachao in Havana, 1960
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Israel López Valdés
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Habana Vieja, La Habana, Cuba
- Musical artist.death_place
- Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
- Musical artist.instrument
- Double bass
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1926–2008
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Key dates
- Born
- 14 September 1918
- Died
- 22 March 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- López
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Place of death
- Coral Gables
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Genre
- mambo
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.israelcachaolopez.com
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early life and career
- Las Maravillas and the origin of mambo
- Descargas at Panart studios
- Exile
- Late career
- Death
- Family
- Awards and recognition
- Honors
- Grammy Awards
- Tributes
- Discography
- As leader
- Singles
- As sideman
- Filmography
- References
- External links
Israel López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao ( ), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.
Born into a family of musicians in Havana, Cachao and his older brother Orestes were the driving force behind one of Cuba's most prolific charangas, Arcaño y sus Maravillas. As members of the Maravillas, Cachao and Orestes pioneered a new form of ballroom music derived from the danzón, the danzón-mambo, which subsequently developed into an international genre, mambo. In the 1950s, Cachao became famous for popularizing improvised jam sessions known as descargas. He emigrated to Spain in 1962, and moved to the United States in 1963, starting a career as a session and live musician for a variety of bands in New York during the rise of boogaloo, and later, salsa.