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Cachao
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At the age of 12, Cachao had made his debut with the Havana Philharmonic, standing on a wooden box playing the contrabass alongside his brother Orestes, a founding member of the orchestra. By the age of 19, he had joined Arcano y Sus Maravillas, one of the most popular danz?n orchestras in Cuba. Little did Cachao and his brother know that they would change Latin music and create a rhythm called mambo. Cachao and his brother, experimenting with this type of music, added a nuevo ritmo part and called the result "mambo." This happened in the late 1930s, and it revolutionized Latin music. There are those who like to credit P?rez Prado for inventing the mambo, but he did not. Prado did popularize it because he was at the right place at the right time - in Mexico in 1948. A musicians' strike in the U.S. prevented recordings in the United States. Prado, who was under contract to RCA Records, which at the time was one of the biggest record labels in the world, recorded a tune titled "Que Rico el Mambo." It swept the country. The mambo craze had begun. In Cuba, the mambo became just as popular. By the 1950s, Cachao had formed his own group and continued playing with other bands in Cuba, lending his composing skills to other orchestras. It is said that between his brother and him, a staggering 3,000 danzons had been written. Cachao also composed "El Danz?n de Buena Vista," the title track for Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Clubalbum. In 1957, Cachao again blew everybody's mind by creating the descargas, or jam sessions, that had the top musicians in Cuba performing together. These recordings were so popular that in the 1960s, Al Santiago created the Alegre All-Stars, and in the 1970s the Fania All Stars were born. After Castro took over Cuba, Cachao left the country for good. When he arrived to New York, he started playing with such artists as Charlie Palmieri, Tito Rodriguez and the Alegre All-Stars with Tito Puente. Throughout the late 1960s and '70s, he was all over New York City. In the late 1970s, Cachao moved to Miami, where he virtually went into obscurity, relegated to playing small clubs and weddings. It wasn't until 1989, when a young and talented Cuban actor named Andy Garc?a came into L?pez's life, that the world would know who this great master musician was. Garc?a wanted a taste of his beloved Cuba and its music for "The Lost City," a movie he wanted to produce. The two artists collaborated and the end result was the highly acclaimed documentary, Cachao? Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos in 1993. The film caused such a stir that Cachao was asked to perform at New York?s Radio City Music Hall. In 2003, Cachao won a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album together with Bebo Vald?s and Patato Vald?s for El Arte del Sabor. Cachao won a further Grammy in 2005 for his own work, ?Ahora Si!. |
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Cuban Jam Sessions in Miniature (Panart, 1957), re-released in 2005 El Gran Cachao (Kubaney, 1958 Jam Session with Feeling (Maype, 1958) El Ritmo de Cachao (Kubaney, 1958) Cuban Music in Jam Session (Bonita 1959) Descargas (Maype, 1961) Dos (Salsoul/Sony, 1976) Descarga 77 (Salsoul, 1977) Teacher of Teachers (Tania, 1986) Descargas Cubanas (May, 1992) Descargas y Mambos (May, 1994) Cachao y su Descarga (Big World, 1994) Descarga (May, 1994) Latin Jazz Descarga (PTO, 1994) Master Sessions, Vol 1 (Sony/Crescent Moon, 1994) 15 Hits (Hacienda, 1995) Master Sessions, Vol 2 (Sony/Crescent Moon, 1995) La Leyenda, Vol 1 (Kubaney, 1995) La Leyenda, Vol 2 (Kubaney, 1995) Lumbre (Hacienda, 1995) Descargando (International, 1997) Descarga Cubana (Astro, 1997) Cuban Jam Session, Vol 2 (Astro, 1999) Descarga Cubana (International, 2000 Superdanzones (Egrem, 2000) Cuban Descarga (Cubacam, 2000) Cuba Linda (EMI, 2000) Descargando con Cachao (Orfeon, 2000) Tres Leyendas (Orfeon, 2001) Calle 54 (Blue Note, 2001) El Arte del Sabor (2003) Sones y Tradiciones (Begui, 2003) More Legendary Descarga Sessions (Kaney, 2004) Monte Adentro (Blue Moon, 2004) ?Ahora Si! (Univision, 2004) Bebo & Cachao (2007), recording from the 1950s and 60s Havana Sessions (Yemaya YY9440, 2007) |
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