Orlando "Cachaito" López
Orlando "Cachaito" López was a Cuban bassist, who gained international attention especially since his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings.
He was nicknamed Cachaito ("little Cachao") after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933, Orlando "Cachaito" López first got actively involved in music when he was only nine years old. By the age of eleven he was involved with an orchestra with his aunt. Read Full BioOrlando "Cachaito" López was a Cuban bassist, who gained international attention especially since his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings.
He was nicknamed Cachaito ("little Cachao") after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933, Orlando "Cachaito" López first got actively involved in music when he was only nine years old. By the age of eleven he was involved with an orchestra with his aunt. His early desire was to play the violin, but his Grandfather Pedro insisted he to took up the double bass, as there had been a long tradition of bassists in the López family - legend has it that there are over 30 bassists in its lineage; a trend that they did not want stopped. He started learning the double bass on a cello, quickly moving onto a double bass when he was large enough. His musical career is said to have started when he was twelve, and at the age of 13, Cachaíto composed his first piece, a danzón called Isora Infantil. By the time he was 17 he replaced his uncle as the bassist with Arcana y sus Maravillas, a band that had been around since before Cachaito was born. He made such an impression on the group that he was asked to stay.
In the 1950s, he helped create the descarga style of music that is a mix between jazz-styled improvisation with Afro-Cuban rhythms, and by 1957 he was playing with the hugely popular Havana dance band, Orquesta Riverside. In the 1960s, he became a bassist with the National Symphony, and was also a key member of Irakere, a Cuban experimental band that combined pop, classical, Cuban folk, African and jazz influences.
He was also a member of the Buena Vista Social Club (appearing in Wim Wenders' documentary "Buena Vista Social Club"), a formal, upper class social club for young people to drink and dance. He was the only member to appear in all of the band's recordings. After a career spanning some 60 years, Cachaíto was still touring and recording (including playing bass as part of a Cuban touring group also featuring Guajiro Mirabal, Aguajé Ramos and Manuel Galbán[1]), and many considered him to be one of the finest bassists in Cuba.
López died in a Cuban hospital on February 9, 2009, of complications from prostate surgery. He was 76.
He was nicknamed Cachaito ("little Cachao") after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933, Orlando "Cachaito" López first got actively involved in music when he was only nine years old. By the age of eleven he was involved with an orchestra with his aunt. Read Full BioOrlando "Cachaito" López was a Cuban bassist, who gained international attention especially since his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings.
He was nicknamed Cachaito ("little Cachao") after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1933, Orlando "Cachaito" López first got actively involved in music when he was only nine years old. By the age of eleven he was involved with an orchestra with his aunt. His early desire was to play the violin, but his Grandfather Pedro insisted he to took up the double bass, as there had been a long tradition of bassists in the López family - legend has it that there are over 30 bassists in its lineage; a trend that they did not want stopped. He started learning the double bass on a cello, quickly moving onto a double bass when he was large enough. His musical career is said to have started when he was twelve, and at the age of 13, Cachaíto composed his first piece, a danzón called Isora Infantil. By the time he was 17 he replaced his uncle as the bassist with Arcana y sus Maravillas, a band that had been around since before Cachaito was born. He made such an impression on the group that he was asked to stay.
In the 1950s, he helped create the descarga style of music that is a mix between jazz-styled improvisation with Afro-Cuban rhythms, and by 1957 he was playing with the hugely popular Havana dance band, Orquesta Riverside. In the 1960s, he became a bassist with the National Symphony, and was also a key member of Irakere, a Cuban experimental band that combined pop, classical, Cuban folk, African and jazz influences.
He was also a member of the Buena Vista Social Club (appearing in Wim Wenders' documentary "Buena Vista Social Club"), a formal, upper class social club for young people to drink and dance. He was the only member to appear in all of the band's recordings. After a career spanning some 60 years, Cachaíto was still touring and recording (including playing bass as part of a Cuban touring group also featuring Guajiro Mirabal, Aguajé Ramos and Manuel Galbán[1]), and many considered him to be one of the finest bassists in Cuba.
López died in a Cuban hospital on February 9, 2009, of complications from prostate surgery. He was 76.
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Orlando "Cachaito" López Lyrics
Lánzame los trastos, baby
Aunque me den, que me den en la cabeza
Lánzame los trastos, baby
Aunque me den, que me den en la cabeza
Que a mí me gustan las tentaciones fuertes
Yo necesito preposiciones deshonestas
Si, cabe, con, contra, desde y hasta por según
Si, cabe, con, contra, desde y hasta por según
Sí pa bailar, sí pa bailar
Que yo no puedo con tanta tontería
Que yo no puedo, no puedo, no puedo, no puedo
No puedo con tanta tontería, te mordería
Que bella está la luna que bonito viene el día
Que bella está la luna que bonito viene el día
Qué lindo es el niño que yo quiero
Toda la vida te espero
Sólo te pido con un desplante
Que tu cuerpo moreno se echepalante
Se eche palante, se eche palante
Palante, palante
Leilerele, lereilerele, lereilerelelá
Lánzame los trastos, baby
Aunque me den, que me den en la cabeza
Lánzame los trastos, baby
Aunque me den que me den en la cabeza
Que a mí me gustan las tentaciones fuertes
Yo necesito preposiciones deshonestas
Si cabe con contra desde y hasta por según
Si cabe con contra desde y hasta por según
Sí pa bailar, sí pa bailar
Que yo no puedo con tanta diplomacia
Que yo no puedo, no puedo, no puedo
Con tanta diplomacia, no me hace gracia
Que bella está la luna que bonito viene el día
Que bella está la luna que bonito viene el día
Si supieras el liguero que llevo puesto
Te faltaría el aliento, te quedarías traspuesto
Sólo te pido con un desplante
Que tu cuerpo moreno se echepalante
Se eche palante, se eche palante
Palante, palante
Leilerele, lereilerele, lereilerelelá
Lánzame los trastos, baby
Aunque me den, que me den en la cabeza
Lánzame los trastos, baby
Aunque me den que me den en la cabeza
Writer(s): Anais Cruz
Contributed by Evelyn E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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metalfacedoom71
House of Cards brung me here..
Abilio García Chamorro
Música imponente que te traspasa, te mece, te lleva, te trae, te .. , te llena de vida.
Rami’s Family
This is one of my favorite music peace ever, I listen to it everyday and find something new/ It doesn't have to be classical to be brilliant. Timeless.
pearl danube
Adorable - Pearl-Hungarian fan
NeuronHuskie
this slow version is nice, but he original speed gives it a little more OOMPH
خالد السعيد
one of the best music i know
Paloma Sánchez-Beato
Sublime!! Para los amantes de la música salsa jazzística
Heriberto Vanegas
Que fenomenos real mente esto da ganas de escuchar musica exelente cosa brava
mario ramon buhler gomez
Genial; Belleza total
Marc Cazalis
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