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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.

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

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