Cuban bass player Israel Lopez "Cachao," whose place in history as one of the creators of the mambo was forgotten literally for decades before he was rediscovered and launched to a broad audience in ...

Afro-Cuban dance music master Cachao, aka Israel Lopez, died in March at age 89, turning this docu's premiere into a memorial as well as a celebration. Afro-Cuban dance music master Cachao, aka Israel ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Known to the world by his nickname, Cachao, bassist, composer and bandleader Israel Lopez died Saturday morning at Coral Gables Hospital of complications resulting from kidney ...

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Cuban-born bassist, band leader and mambo pioneer Israel "Cachao" Lopez died on Saturday in Miami, media reports said. He was 89. Lopez, who immigrated to the United ...

Israel “Cachao" LopezCachao: Una MasDOC Film Institute2008 It's a cliché to say that any one man is largely responsible for a large part of modern music. But in the case of Israel “Cachao" Lopez- ...

The Latin music world lost a major figure this past Saturday when inventive bassist and composer Israel “Cachao" Lopez passed away. His insightful connection to Cuban music drove him to compose over ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez, a father of the mambo before Perez Prado made it famous in the 1950s, is still searching for new ideas. Sign up here. Famous for ...

Bassist Israel Cachao Lopez put mambo as well as the jazzy jam sessions known as descargas on the map The Miamibased actorpercussionist Andy Garcia resurrected him from obscurity with the popular ...

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