Machito

LC control no.	n 88156869
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Machito *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Grillo, Frank Grillo, Machito Pérez Gutierrez, Francisco Raúl
See also	Founded corporate body of person: Afro-Cubans (Musical group) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated country	Cuba United States
Located	Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date	[1908-02-16,1909-02-16,1912-02-16,1915-02-16]
Death date	1984-04-15
Place of birth	Tampa (Fla.) Havana (Cuba)
Place of death	London (England)
Profession or occupation	Band directors Singers Percussionists Jazz musicians
Found in	Machito [SR] p1982: label (Machito) narration (Frank "Machito" Grillo; Cuban musician, known as Machito, d. 1984) New Grove dict. of jazz (Machito (Grillo, Frank Raul); b. Feb. 16, 1912, Havana, d. Apr. 15, 1984, London; Cuban bandleader, singer, and maraca player) Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (Machito (Frank Raul Grillo); b. Feb. 16, 1912, Tampa, FL, d. Apr. 15, 1984, London, England; percussion, leader, vocalist) Oxford music online, April 22, 2016: Grove music online (Machito (Grillo, Frank Raul); born February 16, 1908/1909, Tampa, Florida, died April 15, 1984, London; Cuban bandleader, singer, and maraca player; returned to United States in 1937; formed the Afro-Cubans in 1940) Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Machito; born Francisco Raúl Grillo, February 16, 1912, Tampa, Florida, died April 15, 1984, London) Selected transcriptions, 2016: title page (Machito) page xvii (born Francisco Raúl Pérez Gutierrez (later taking the surname Grillo), February 16, 1908, Havana; other sources cite his birth as February 16, 1909, 1912, or 1915, in Havana or even in Tampa, Florida) page xlvi (died 1984, London) New York times WWW site, April 22, 2016: obituary published April 17, 1984 (Machito, 76, died Sunday [April 15], London; born 1908, Havana; real name, Frank Grillo; bandleader, Latin dance music and jazz; came to United States in 1937) Social Security death index, April 22, 2016 (Frank Grillo; born February 16, 1912, died April 1984; last known residence: Bronx, New York)