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Israel "Cachao" López

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Israel "Cachao" López

Also known as Israel López, Israel López Valdés

contrabbassista cubano

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Master Sessions (Cachao)

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Type: Person
Country: CU
Active from: 1918-09-14
Active to: 2008-03-22

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Cachao, pseudonimo di Israel López (L'Avana, 14 settembre 1918 – Coral Gables, 22 marzo 2008), è stato un contrabbassista cubano, famoso per essere stato il padre del mambo e per averlo portato al successo negli Stati Uniti durante gli anni '50. Questo gli ha permesso di entrare nella Hollywood Walk of Fame, e di vincere dei Grammy Award. È considerato un maestro di (Latin jam sessions).

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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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Calcareous nannoplankton as a tracer of the marine influence on the NW coast of Portugal over the last 14 000 years.
· 2005 · cited 21x
Biometric study of <i>Coccolithus pelagicus</i> and its palaeoenvironmental utility.
· 2000 · cited 18x

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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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Official website: www.israelcachaolopez.com
Image: Cachao (2).jpg

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