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&#;Cachao Dos&#; for the year

It will be enough to mention the name of this celebrity to open a whole range of creativity and genius embodied in what is considered a cult discography.

Since , the year in which he started musically as a member of the Havana Philharmonic Orchestra, the precocious Israel would give a foretaste of the talent he had and that, as time went by, would be consummated hand in hand with his right-hand man and musical accomplice, Orestes &#;Macho&#; López, his older brother.

Certainly, music was impregnated in the DNA of the López family, a generating machine of musicians by tradition, something that Lázara Cachao, Israel&#;s niece and daughter of his deceased younger brother Orlando &#;Cachaito&#; Lopez, reaffirms: &#;The tradition of being musicians comes from the grandparents and great-great-grandparents, all the Cachao are musicians&#;.

Regarding his transcendence, he and his older brother Orestes are said to be the creators of the

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Famed Afro-Caribbean Drummer Steve Berrios Passes

bygd On 29th Jul

Steve Berrios in , standing at the corner of Broadway and 52nd Street in New York City, where the original Birdland club once stood

 

Modern Drummer is sad to announce that Steve Berrios died this past week at the age of sixty-eight at his home in Manhattan. The drummer was among the most innovative musicians to fuse Afro-Caribbean and jazz. Berrios had an impressive career, featuring work with influential Afro-Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría, jazz legend högsta Roach, and Latin-jazz pionjär Tito Puente. The September issue of Modern Drummer magazine contained an interview with Berrios that touched on a range of topics, from his upbringing in New York City to his unique approach to drumset and percussion. Here we present that article in full.

 

Steve Berrios: New York City Rhythmatist

by Ken Ross

 

Steve Berrios fryst vatten regarded as one of the most influential drummers to successfully fu

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Cachao

Cuban double bassist and composer (–)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Valdés.

Musical artist

Israel López Valdés (September 14, &#; March 22, ), better known as Cachao (kə-CHOW), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions).^[2] Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the s.

Born into a family of musicians in Havana, Cachao and his older brother Orestes were the driving force behind one of Cuba's most prolific charangas, Arcaño y sus Maravillas. As members of the Maravillas, Cachao and Orestes pioneered a new form of ballroom music derived from the danzón, the danzón-mambo, which