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Israel "Cachao" López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008) was a Cuban double bassist and composer who helped popularize 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 f… read more
Israel "Cachao" López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008) was a Cuban double bassist and composer who helped popularize 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 invent… read more
Israel "Cachao" López (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008) was a Cuban double bassist and composer who helped popularize 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 … read more

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1 Play track Descarga Cubana Cogele el Golpe
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2 Play track Descarga Cubana Descarga Cubana
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3 Play track Descarga Cubana Malanga Amarilla
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4 Play track Perlas Cubanas: Cuban Music In "Jam Session" A Gozar Timbero
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8 Play track Perlas Cubanas: Cachao Siboney
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9 Play track Descarga Cubana Estudio en Trompeta
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10 Descarga Cubana Sorpresa de Flauta
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    Master Sessions Volume I
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