Rhythm Planet explores the world of Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest hit, “Mambo #5.” ...

Jazz musicians have long mined Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and even pop music for material. Here are five Latin interpretations of songs written by jazz musicians, a process that isn't as ...

ISRAEL Lopez, one of the 20th-century's most remarkable musicians, who with his brother invented the mambo rhythm and was a salsa pioneer, has died of complications resulting from kidney failure in ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. THE Cuban bassist Israel Lopez was among the most remarkable musicians of the 20th century. His ...

Israel "Cachao" López, the pre-eminent Cuban bassist, who has died in Miami aged 89, ranks among the 20th-century's most remarkable musicians; his supple rhythms and fluid melodies helped develop ...

A new dance craze was sweeping the hemisphere. Part rumba and part jive, with a strong dash of itching powder, the mambo had left unstormed only the tango strongholds of Argentina and the samba-land ...

The inventor of the mambo rhythm according to most Cuban music histories, bassist and composer Israel “Cachao” Lopez is also known for never having missed a show. But the Cuban expatriate and longtime ...