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Cuban Music in Film: Una Noche de Cachao

Israel "Cachao" LÃ³pez (born in 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as "Cachao, is the inventor of mambo, and Cubaâs pre-eminent mambo musician and composer. He helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early 1950âs and, having become internationally famous, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lopez is considered a master of descarga (Latin jam sessions). He has won several Grammy Awards for both his own work and his contributions on albums by Latin music stars, including Gloria Estefan: in 1995, for Master Sessions Volume 1; in 2003, for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album, together with Bebo and Patato ValdÃ©s for âEl Arte Del Saborâ; and a third Grammy in 2005, again for his own work, âÂ¡Ahora SÃ!â.

Tonight, we present a tribute to the lifeâs work of Grammy-winner Israel Lopez Cachao, considered to be the most important Cuban musician living today. Presented by Cuban actor/filmmaker Andy Garcia and Adolfo V. Nodal.