Mambo no more

[Paul Cooke]

[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7310233.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7310233.stm[/url]

Israel "Cachao" Lopez, the creator of the Mambo, passed away aged 89...

[Alun]

[quote name='Paul Cooke' post='162169' date='Mar 23 2008, 12:53 PM'][url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7310233.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7310233.stm[/url]

Israel "Cachao" Lopez, the creator of the Mambo, passed away aged 89...[/quote]

That's sad news. A great player and innovator. Ironically, there's a great article on him in this month's Bass Player.

Alun

[2wheeler]

[quote name='Alun' post='162193' date='Mar 23 2008, 02:12 PM']...there's a great article on him in this month's Bass Player.
...[/quote]

Very sad. Several lifetimes of achievements were crammed in.

Those generous folks at Bass Player have put the
[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/cachao/mar-08/33745"]Cachao article[/url]
on their web-site for all to read.

[Paul Cooke]

[quote name='2wheeler' post='162321' date='Mar 23 2008, 07:28 PM']Very sad. Several lifetimes of achievements were crammed in.

Those generous folks at Bass Player have put the
[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/cachao/mar-08/33745"]Cachao article[/url]
on their web-site for all to read.[/quote]

they've also got some exercises as well:

Tumbaos:
[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/cachaos-tumbaos/mar-08/33747"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/cachaos-...os/mar-08/33747[/url]