Machito

Machito

Machito

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Top Songs

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Congo Mulence [2000 Remaster]
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Kenya [2000 Remaster]
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Tanga
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Ahora Sí
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Vive Como Yo [Remastered]

Albums

  • The Early Years

    Apr 2023 • 6 songs

  • Arrollando

    Oct 2022 • 19 songs

  • The Remasters

    Sep 2021 • 25 songs

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Machito

Biography

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 ...
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