CACHAO LÓPES: MASTER SESSIONS VOL. 2

CACHAO LOPEZ
Israel "Cachao" López (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as "Cachao" (pronounced kah-CHOW) is a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He is considered a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions).López played the acoustic bass with his late brother, multi-instrumentalist Orestes López. The brothers composed literally thousands of songs together and were heavily influential on Cuban music from the 1930s to the 1950s. They introduced the nuevo ritmo ("new rhythm") in the late 1930s, which transformed the danzón by introducing African rhythms into Cuban music, which led to mambo. Lopez has won several Grammy Awards for both his own work and his contributions on albums by Latin music stars, including Gloria Estefan. In 1995, he won a Grammy for Master Sessions Volume 1. In 2003, he won a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album together with Bebo and Patato Valdés for El Arte Del Sabor. Lopez won a further Grammy in 2005, again for his own work, ¡Ahora Si!. His nephew, Orlando "Cachaíto" López became one of
the mainstays of the famed Buena Vista Social Club group. Cachao has played with artists such as Tito Puente, and his music has been featured on movies such as The Birdcage, and on the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack. Actor Andy Garcia produced a documentary entitled Cachao ... Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos ("With A Rhythm Like No Other") in 1993 about his music.
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ALBUM COMMENTS BY DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE:
Down Beat (3/96, p.44) Very Good/Excellent - "...the level of inventive musicianship...is magnificent....an ancient bandleader
who sounds just as vital as ever. The level of precision that accompanies the band's improvising, and overall ensemble unity,
is striking. There are plenty of hip solos here....The grooves are always loaded with intriguing tidbits..."
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MINHA OPINIÃO : Cuidado! Se alguém lhe perguntar quem é o "pai", o inventor do MAMBO, por favor não vá "pagar o mico" de responder à queima-roupa: PEREZ PRADO! (Até porque o Perez Prado SE ACHAVA E SE DIZIA o inventor do mambo.) Na verdade, como se vê aí em cima, os criadores do Mambo foram Cachao e seu irmão Orestes. Perez Prado levou a fama e enriqueceu com o Mambo, porque sua orquestra fez um sucesso estrondoso nos anos cinqüenta gravando mambos, que eram uma febre mundial. Mas todo mundo em Cuba sabe quem é Israel Cachao Lopez - um mito, uma legenda na história da música cubana e que ainda hoje, aos noventa anos, continua em atividade. Tive oportunidade de assisti-lo em uma "descarga"(latin-jazz-jam-session) em Miami há uns 10 anos e fiquei encantado com a sua vitalidade, carisma e respeito que os músicos lhe devotam.

(*)Ah! Ele NÃO FAZIA PARTE DO BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUBE, mas sim o seu sobrinho Orlando "Cachaíto"Lopez.
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CACHAO LÓPEZ - MASTER SESSIONS VOL. 2
Label: Crescent Moon
Orig Year 1995
Producer Andy Garcia

PERSONNEL:
Bill Summers - drums, background vocals
Jimmy Bosch - trombone
Juanito Marquez - acoustic guitar, background vocals
Nelson Gonzalez - tres, background vocals
Francisco Aguabella
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros - trumpet, flugelhorn
Israel Lopez "Cachao" - vocals, conductor, piano, bass, cowbell
Alfredo Valdes - piano
Lazaro Galarraga
Rafael "Felo" Barrio - guiro, bombo, maracas, background vocals

Also:
Paulinho Da Costa percussion,
Paquito D'Rivera, alto sax
Justo Almario, tenor sax
Andy Garcia, percussion
Nestor Torres, flute
Rolando Laserie, singer


TRACKS/FAIXAS

1. Los Tres Golpes :: Three Beats, The
2. Bemba 'e Chuchara :: Spoon Lips
3. El Progreso :: Progress, The
4. El Guapachoso :: Brave One, The
5. Descarga A :: Jam Session A
6. Cunde Echa Un Pie :: Cunde Takes Off
7. Romantica Mujer :: Romantic Woman
8. Sigue A Paquito Si Puedes :: Follow Paquito If You Can
9. El Timbalero Travieso :: Mischievous Timbalero, The
10. Ellegua (Intro)
11. Africa Viva
12. Juana La Coja :: Jane The Lame
13. Eleggua Con Cachao (Coda)

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