Cachao

Especially notable were the contributions from bassist Israel Lopez, better known as Cachao, who not only helped invent the mambo, but laid the foundations of Latin jazz with numbers like Descarga Cachao.

Tito x 2: Celebrating The Kings Of Mambo Again 2009

Especially notable were the contributions from bassist Israel Lopez, better known as Cachao, who not only helped invent the mambo, but laid the foundations of Latin jazz with numbers like Descarga Cachao.

Tito x 2: Celebrating The Kings Of Mambo Again 2009

In paying homage to the great Cuban bassist, composer and bandleader Israel López, a k a Cachao, Mr. D'Rivera used a four-note motif to bind a giddy barrage of eager melodies and lively rhythms.

NYT > Home Page 2010

Jazz musician, classically trained bassist, and father of mambo, Israel "Cachao" Lopez was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1918 and died in March of this year.

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Twenty-Seven 2009

After pianist Rubén González toyed with a stately danzón composed by Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" López, "Social Club de Buenavista," Mr. Gold grabbed its title, sort of, for this new band's name.

Buena Vista Revisited: The Carnegie Concert 2008

Especially notable were the contributions from bassist Israel Lopez, better known as "Cachao," who not only helped invent the mambo, but also laid the foundations of Latin jazz with numbers like "Descarga Cachao."

NPR Topics: News 2009

There are separate films about three Cuban stars - singer Celia Cruz, pianist Bebo Valdes and bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez.

The Seattle Times 2008

Getty Images Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club music band, (top, from left to right) Guajiro Miraval, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Barbarito Torrez, Juan de Marcos, Ibrahim Ferrer, (bottom, from left to right) Compay Segundo and Omara Portuondo, in Mexico City in 2003.

Buena Vista Revisited: The Carnegie Concert 2008

This weekend, two orchestras will honor the men who made mambo: at Rose Hall, one outstanding Latin American bassist salutes another as Carlos Henriquez leads the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in the music of the Cuban composer and innovator Israel Cachao Lopez 1918-2008.

The Jazz Scene: Rhythm Kings and the Chairman of the Board Will Friedwald 2012

Cuban-born jazz musician Israel “Cachao” Lopez, credited with inventing the mambo, has died in Miami at the age of 89.

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