Cuban bassist Cachao dies; mambo pioneer (AP)
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Family spokesman Nelson Albareda says Israel “Cachao” (ka-CHAH’-o) Lopez died early Saturday at age 89 after falling ill in the past week.
The bassist and composer known simply as Cachao was a Latin Grammy-award winner and is widely considered a pioneer of the mambo.
