TP: So you first played with Tito in 1934.ĬACHAO: Yes. I think Tito was at the time still single. When I was working with Hermanos Martinez, I was just as a sub. I worked with his father with the Martinez Brothers, the Hermanos Martinez. TP: But you knew him before that, no, from going to his father’s store? He said you used to buy bass strings at his father’s store.ĬACHAO: Yes. What do you first remember about Paquito?ĬACHAO: The first experience I had with Paquito is when he was 12 years old, at a concert we did with the Philharmonic of Havana, a clarinet and piano piece by Weber. I know that’s a life-long relationship for Paquito, that you’ve known him since he was a baby because of your friendship with his father. TP: Gentlemen, what I want to ask you is less about your lives and more about your relationship to Paquito, and why you’re here. This interview was conducted before Paquito D’Rivera’s 50th anniversary in music concert at Carnegie Hall in 2005, which is why he is the subject at the beginning of the conversation.īEBO VALDÈS & CACHAO (ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ, TRANSLATOR): Appended in 2020 at the bottom is the transcript of a three-hour program on WKCR at which Andy Gonzalez presented his account of Cachao’s career. I had an opportunity to interview Cachao and Bebo Valdes in 2005, and am posting that interview below, along with an essay that I wrote for the program notes at Carlos Henriquez’ 2012 concert, The Music of Cachao, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. 10,1989, where he joined Manny Oquendo and Libre. His genius is amply demonstrated in this clip from a concert at the Village Gate, Oct. Today is the 98th birth anniversary of Israel “Cachao” Lopez, the maestro bassist and inventor of the mambo.
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