Cuban bass player Israel Lopez "Cachao," known as one of the creators of the mambo has died due to kidney failure. He was 89.In 1930s Cuba, Lopez with the help of his brother Orestes composed the piece "Danzon Mambo," which heralded the mambo revolution, later carried out by Damaso Perez Prado.Cachao would then live his life in obscurity, until being rediscovered by actor Andy Garcia. Garcia pr...
Cuban bass player Israel Lopez "Cachao," known as one of the creators of the mambo has died due to kidney failure. He was 89.In 1930s Cuba, Lopez with the help of his brother Orestes composed the piece "Danzon Mambo," which heralded the mambo revolution, later carried out by Damaso Perez Prado.Cachao would then live his life in obscurity, until being rediscovered by actor Andy Garcia. Garcia pr...