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Irakere - 100% match to Cachao

This pioneering Cuban jazz band, which began recording on an ad hoc basis in the late 60s, has been home to some of the country's leading musicians. Irakere, which literally means "forest", was the name of a drummer in Yoruba legend. The title was adopted by the band as a homage... Read more

Tito Puente - 97% match to Cachao

Ernesto Antonio Puente Jnr., 20 April 1923, Harlem Hospital, New York City, New York, USA, d. 31 May 2000, New York City, New York, USA. Born of Puerto Rican parentage, Puente began piano lessons when he was seven years old and around the age of 10 started tuition in drums and... Read more

Mongo Santamaria - 86% match to Cachao

Ramón Santamaría, 7 April 1922, Jesús María district, Havana, Cuba, d. 1 February 2003, Miami, Florida, USA. Percussionist and band leader Santamaría (nicknamed Mongo by his father) arrived in New York at the end of the 40s. There he performed... Read more

Compay Segundo - 76% match to Cachao

Ray Barretto - 72% match to Cachao

29 April 1929, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, d. 17 February 2006, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Born to Puerto Rican parents, Barretto was raised in East Harlem and the Bronx and was a prominent Latin band leader for many decades. However, he started his professional... Read more

Sierra Maestra - 69% match to Cachao

Eddie Palmieri - 68% match to Cachao

Eduardo Palmieri, 15 December 1936, South Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, of Puerto Rican parentage. The self-avowed pioneering "oxygen cocktail" of contemporary salsa, pianist, band leader, composer, arranger, producer Palmieri began playing the piano at the age of eight.... Read more

Charlie Palmieri - 65% match to Cachao

Carlos Manuel Palmieri Jnr., 21 November 1927, Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, d. 12 September 1988, the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Known in salsa as "El Gigante de Las Blancas y Las Negras" (The Giant of the Keyboard), Palmieri's parents,... Read more

Los Van Van - 64% match to Cachao

Fania All-Stars - 60% match to Cachao

The house band of Fania Records, comprised of the label's band leaders, top sidemen and vocalists; and whose history represents the rise and promulgation of salsa as a marketing tag for Latin music. Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci co-founded Fania in 1964 with Dominican... Read more