Thursday, April 16, 2009

Bassist 'Cachaíto' López dies at 76

Buena Vista Social club member Orlando López died in a Havana hospital of complications from prostate surgery. The López family is a veritable musical dynasty whose specialty is the bass—any kind of bass, upright or acoustic, classical or pop or jazz. Cachaito’s father and uncle, Orestes and Israel (a.k.a. Cachaito, who earned international fame with a couple of amazing recordings in the early 90s), learned their craft from their father, don Pedro.

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