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In 1983, Machito won a Grammy Award in the Best Latin Recording category for Machito & His Salsa Big Band '82. The recording was made in the Netherlands in about four hours, mostly one take per tune. Personal life. Machito was somewhat short in stature, at 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) in height.
Jan 12, 2013 · Machito & His Afro Cuban Orchestra - Si Si, No No (canta Graciela) Machito (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo, February 16, 1908--April 19, 1984) was an influential Latin jazz musician who...
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“Machito arrived” to this world as Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo in Havana, Cuba on December 3, 1907. Like others in that period, his birth wasn’t well documented, but this date is according to Joe Conzo who was Tito Puente’s best friend back in the day. Francisco Raúl got the nickname “Macho” (manly) because he was the first boy in a family with...
Machito founded Machito and his Afro-Cubans in 1940. In 1941, Mario Bauzá joined. Machito sang and played maracas up front. Bauzá directed the band.
The intersection of East 111th St and Third Avenue in El Barrio Spanish Harlem was named “Machito Square” by Mayor Ed Koch in 1985. The name is a reference to “Congo Square” in New Orleans. In the era of human enslavement, Africans in French and Spanish Louisiana were usually given Sundays off. Lacking any place of their own, they would hang out to...
Learn about Machito, the Cuban bandleader who created Cubop or Latin jazz with songs like "Tanga" and "Cu-Bop City". Discover how he and his Afro-Cubans integrated Latin music in New York and influenced jazz legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo.
Jun 3, 2012 · Machito, born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo on February 16, 1908, was an influential Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music. He was raised...
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Learn about Machito, a Cuban American musician and singer who blended Cuban mambo and Latin styles with swing and big band music. He was the father of Latin jazz and influenced generations of musicians with his Afro-Cuban jazz recordings and performances.
Mar 1, 2000 · Machito was a Cuban singer and musician who founded the Afro-Cubans, one of the most influential orchestras in Latin jazz and mambo. He collaborated with jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Herbie Mann, and received a Grammy in 1982.
