Orlando "CachaíTo" LóPez
Biography
Candelario Orlando López Vergara (February 2, 1933 – February 9, 2009), better known as Cachaíto, was a Cuban bassist and composer, who gained international fame after his involvement in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings. He was nicknamed Cachaíto ("little Cachao") after his uncle, the famous bassist and innovator of mambo music Israel "Cachao" López. His father and Cachao's older brother was Orestes López, also a famous bassist/multi-instrumentalist and composer.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Buena Vista Social Club
1997

Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
1999

Buena Vista Social Club At Carnegie Hall
2008

Introducing...
1997

A Toda Cuba Le Gusta
1997

Mambo Sinuendo
2003

Buenos Hermanos
2003

Ali And Toumani
2010

Mi Sueño
2007

Cachaito
2001

Bossa Cubana
1999

Distinto, Diferente
1999

Artillería Pesada, Presenta...
1999

Tíbira Tábara
1998

Chucho Valdés
1970

Omara Portuondo
2000
Credited work
395 releases · 62 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 989
- Other credits · 26
- Production · 2
Studios: Estudios EGREM · Livingston Studios · Ocean Way Recording · The Bakery Recording Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Omara Portuondo
- Various
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Rubén González
- Ibrahim Ferrer
- Los Papines
- Control Machete
- Afro-Cuban All Stars
