Cachao

LC control no.	no 95010894
Personal name heading	Cachao *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	López, Israel
Found in	Master sessions, vol. 1, c1994: label (Cachao) insert (real name; Israel López) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (López, Israel "Cachao"; b. Sept. 14, 1918, Havana, Cuba; bassist; nickname derives from "cachandeo", meaning "lively with joy") New York times WWW site, Mar. 24, 2008 (Cachao; Israel Cachao López; b. 1918, Havana; d. Saturday [Mar. 22, 2008], Coral Gables, Fla., aged 89; Cuban bassist and composer who was a pioneer of the mambo)