Machito
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Biography
[Edit]Machito played a huge role in the history of Latin jazz, for his bands of the 1940s were probably the first to achieve a fusion of powerful Afro-Cuban rhythms and jazz improvisation. At its roaring best, the band had a hard-charging sound, loaded with jostling, hyperactive bongos and congas and razor-edged riffing brass. Machito was the front man, singing, conducting, shaking maracas, while his brother-in-law Mario Bauza was the innovator behind the scenes, getting Machito to hire jazz-oriented arrangers. The son of a cigar manufacturer, Machito became a professional musician in Cuba in his teens before he emigrated to America in 1937 as a vocalist with La Estrella Habanera. He worked with several Latin artists and orchestras in the late '30s, recording with the then-dominant Latin bandleader Xavier Cugat. After an earlier aborted attempt to launch a band with Bauza, Machito founded the Afro-Cubans in 1940, taking on Bauza the following year as music director where he remained for 35 years. After making some early 78s for Decca, the Afro-Cubans really began to catch on after the end of World War II, appearing with — and no doubt influencing — Stan Kenton's orchestra (Machito played maracas on Kenton's recordings of "The Peanut Vendor" and "Cuban Carnival") and recording some exciting sides for Mercury and Clef. Upon Bauza's urging, Machito's band featured a galaxy of American jazz soloists on its recordings from 1948 to 1960, including Charlie Parker (heard memorably on "No Noise"), Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Howard McGhee, Buddy Rich, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Mann, Curtis Fuller and Johnny Griffin. Playing regularly at New York's Palladium, Machito's band reached its peak of popularity during the mambo craze of the 1950s, survived the upheavals of the '60s and despite the loss of Bauza in 1976, continued to work frequently in the '60s, '70s, and early '80s when the term "salsa" came into use. The band recorded for Pablo (in tandem with Gillespie) and Timeless in its later years, and was playing Ronnie Scott's club in London in 1984 when Machito suffered a fatal stroke. A documentary film by Carlo Ortiz, Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy, was released in 1987. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Collections
Title: Oyè salsa! / Oye salsa!
Genre: Latin
Title: Latinos en Nueva York
Genre: Latin
Title: MONDO EXCOTICA - CUBA, Volume 1
Genre: World Music
Title: Music & Highlights: Summer Night - Latin Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Story- Latin Night
Genre: Jazz
Title: Modern Art of Music: Summer Night - Latin Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Finest Vintage Melodies & Retro Tunes Vol. 39
Genre: Pop
Title: Swinging the Mambo
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: El barrio latino
Genre: Latin
Title: Latin Selection 1
Genre: Latin
Title: Bailamos Mambo, Vol. 1
Genre: Latin
Title: 20/4 Salsa, Vol. 2
Title: Canciones para Bailar
Genre: Latin
Title: Enciclopedia De La Salsa Vol 03
Genre: Salsa
Title: Enciclopedia De La Salsa Vol 30
Genre: Salsa
Title: Mambo - CD 1
Genre: Latin
Title: Mambo - CD 5
Genre: World Music
Title: Mambo - CD 4
Genre: Latin
Title: Mambo - CD 3
Genre: Latin
Title: Mambo - CD 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Cuba: The Greatest Songs Ever
Genre: Latin
Title: Latino CD8
Genre: World Music, Latin, Pop
Title: Hot Salsa Vol. 2 CD1
Genre: Salsa
Title: Hot Salsa Vol. 2 CD2
Genre: Salsa
Title: Hot Salsa Vol. 2 CD3
Genre: Salsa
Title: Saoco! Masters Of Afro - Cuban Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Nostalgie Cafe 3
Genre: Lounge
Title: Let's Mambo. The Original Mambo Kings (CD1)
Genre: Latin
Title: Let's Mambo. The Original Mambo Kings (CD2)
Genre: Latin
Title: Afro-Cuban Jazz - The Legacy
Title: Legends Of Latin Music
Genre: Rock, Club/Dance
Title: Fiebre Latina - Latin Fever
Genre: Latin
Title: Salsa For Everyone Vol. 3
Genre: Salsa
Title: This Is Cuba!
Title: Salsa Dance 2014
Genre: Dancefloor, Salsa, Latin
Title: Salsa Fever Volume 2 (CD4)
Genre: Salsa
Title: Pop & Jazz Instrumentals, Vol. 3
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Nova - Coffret Danse (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Latin, Funk
Title: Latin Jazz Fiesta 2019
Title: Hot Latino Christmas, Vol. 6
Genre: Latin, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: El Corazon De Cuba
Title: La Noche De Cuba
Title: 200 Vintage (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Bailemos En Cuba
Genre: Pop
Title: Bossa Nova En Cuba
Title: Cuban Classic Music
Title: Copa Cubana 2021
Genre:
Title: Latin Jazz Essentials 2021 (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Twist Hits Around The World, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Mambo Mucho Mambo: The Complete Columbia Masters
Artist: Machito And His Afro-Cuban Orchestra
Genre: Pop
Title: Salsoul Salsa's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Salsa, World Music, Latin
Title: Muchos Mas Recuerdos Románticos / Muchos Mas Recuerdos Romanticos
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Latin
Title: Mambos Favoritos De Perez Prado, Machito, Y Tito Puente
Artist: Pérez Prado / Perez Prado
Genre: Latin
Title: Le meilleur de la musique latino, vol. 2 (feat. Vinicius De Moraes)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop
Title: Around The World, Vol. 4: It's Mambo Time
Artist: Bart & Baker
Genre: Swing House, Electro, Jazz, World Music, Latin, Pop