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Cachao

1918 - 2008

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Israel López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), 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). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cachao is the 1,242nd most popular composer (up from 1,297th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 133rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Cuban Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Cachao ranks 1,242 out of 1,451. Before him are Alfrēds Kalniņš, Boris Tishchenko, Cecilia Seghizzi, Thomas Campion, Milton Babbitt, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. After him are Hilding Rosenberg, Ivor Novello, Emil Hartmann, William Schuman, Leigh Harline, and Sergei Slonimsky.

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Among people born in 1918, Cachao ranks 243. Before him are Ivo Radovniković, Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Max de Terra, Reinaldo Gorno, Gunder Hägg, and Shunpei Uto. After him are René Rémond, Lohengrin Filipello, Artur Brauner, Werner Peters, Gunnel Vallquist, and Peter Blau. Among people deceased in 2008, Cachao ranks 275. Before him are Tsvetanka Khristova, Brad Renfro, Johnny Griffin, Gustaw Holoubek, Elizabeth Spriggs, and Annemarie Renger. After him are Miroslav Koranda, Norman Smith, Neil Bartlett, Tony Duvert, Frederick Seitz, and Irmgard Praetz.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Cachao ranks 128 out of 300. Before him are Rudy Sarzo (1950), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Michael Aris (1946), Tony Plana (1952), Javier Perez-Capdevila (1963), and José Antonio Rodríguez (1915). After him are Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889), Iván Pedroso (1972), Jorge Romo (1923), José Magriñá (1917), Virgilio Piñera (1912), and Oswaldo Payá (1952).

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Among COMPOSERS In Cuba

Among composers born in Cuba, Cachao ranks 3. Before him are Leo Brouwer (1939), and Ernesto Lecuona (1895).

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