Cachao
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Cuban musician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Israel López Valdés , better known as Cachao , was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga . 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.
