In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Valdés.
Cachao
Cachao in Havana, 1960
Background information
Birth name
Israel López Valdés[1]
Born
(1918-09-14)September 14, 1918 Habana Vieja, La Habana, Cuba
Died
March 22, 2008(2008-03-22) (aged 89) Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Danzón
mambo
descarga
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
bandleader
Instrument(s)
Double bass
Years active
1926–2008
Labels
Panart
Kubaney
Maype
Salsoul
EMI
Website
www.israelcachaolopez.com
Musical artist
Israel López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao (/kəˈtʃaʊ/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 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.
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 subsequently developed into an international genre, mambo. In the 1950s, Cachao became famous for popularizing improvised jam sessions known as descargas. He emigrated to Spain in 1962, and moved to the United States in 1963, starting a career as a session and live musician for a variety of bands in New York during the rise of boogaloo, and later, salsa.
In the 1970s, Cachao fell into obscurity after moving to Las Vegas and later Miami, releasing albums sporadically as a leader. In the 1990s, he was re-discovered by actor Andy García, who brought him back to the forefront of the Latin music scene with the release of a documentary and several albums. Before his death in 2008, Cachao had earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and several Grammy Awards. He is ranked number 24 on Bass Player magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time".[3]
^Davis, John S. (2020). "Cachao". Historical Dictionary of Jazz. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-5381-2815-2.
1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao (/kəˈtʃaʊ/ kə-CHOW), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of...
during the 1950s. Important figures in the emergence of the genre were Cachao, Julio Gutiérrez, Bebo Valdés, Peruchín and Niño Rivera in Cuba, and Tito...
in this category with seven accolades. He is followed by Israel López "Cachao" (one of which was a posthumous one, in 2012) and Celia Cruz with four wins...
Buenavista Social Club, an eponymous danzón was composed by Israel López "Cachao" in 1938, and performed with Arcaño y sus Maravillas. In addition, Arsenio...
national dance of Cuba, in the late 1930s by Orestes López and his brother Cachao, of Arcaño y sus Maravillas. They conceived a new form of danzón influenced...
Doc Film Institute Cachao:Uno Mas Cachao:Uno Mas on PBS Archived 2014-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Cachao:Uno Mas SFIFF premiere Cachao article in San Francisco...
and the University of Miami. Cruz, along with fellow Afro-Cuban musician Cachao, were inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1994. She...
Television 6801 Hollywood Boulevard (2006-03-29)March 29, 2006 Israel Lopez Cachao Recording 6554 Hollywood Boulevard (2003-03-14)March 14, 2003 Jennifer Lopez...
"racket", "hustle") is a danzón-mambo composed by Cuban bassist Israel "Cachao" López. It was first released as a single in 1957 by Arcaño y sus Maravillas...
bass lines which combined Afro-Cuban rhythms, inspired by the likes of Cachao Lopez, with R&B to create 16th-note funk lines syncopated with ghost notes...
Mario Ernesto Sánchez, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Joe Lala, Arturo Sandoval, Cachao 22 102 Dalmatians Walt Disney Pictures Kevin Lima (director); Kristen Buckley...
in part to the difficulties of navigating the river past the rapids of Cachão da Valeira. This is the driest and warmest region of the Douro. The overall...
music, for brass and saxophones, borrowed from the big band style. Israel "Cachao" López added an open vamp to Danzón and called it "nuevo ritmo" ("new rhythm")...
Pires, C.; Marques Da Silva, C.; Dos Santos, V.; Dantas, P.; Povoas, L.; Cachao, M.; Sanz, J. L. (1999). "On the presence of Allosaurus fragilis (Theropoda:...
Cachao y su Descarga 77 is the first album recorded as a leader by Cachao in the United States, following his exile from Cuba in 1962. It was recorded...
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