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Cuban mambo musician, double bassist, composer and bandleader, often known just as "Cachao". He emigrated to Spain in 1961, then moved to the United States in 1963, considered co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga, he helped popularize mambo music in the USA in the early 1950s (14th September 1918, Havana, Cuba - 22nd March 2008 Coral Gables, Florida, USA)
Brother of Orestes Lopez & Coralia López. Uncle of Orlando "Cachaíto" López (#2).