Awards & Winners

Cachao López

Date of Birth 14-September-1918
Place of Birth Havana
(Cuba, Cuba Island)
Nationality Cuba
Also know as Israel López, Cachao Lopez, Cachao, Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente, Cachao y su Orquesta, Cachao (Israel Lopez), Cachao Israel Lopez, Israel "Cachao" López
Profession Composer, Musician
Israel López, often known as Cachao, was a Cuban musician and composer who created and helped popularize mambo in the United States and across the globe, in the early 1950s. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, won several Grammy Awards, and has been described as "the inventor of the mambo". He is considered a master of descarga.

Awards by Cachao López

Check all the awards nominated and won by Cachao López.

2011


Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
Honored for : The Last Mambo
Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album
Honored for : The Last Mambo

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album The Last Mambo
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album The Last Mambo

2005


Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album
Honored for : ¡Ahora Sí!

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album ¡Ahora Sí!
Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song Ahora Sí

2004


Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
Honored for : ¡Ahora Sí!
(Artist, Engineer/Mixer, Producer)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album ¡Ahora Sí!

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album Cuba Linda

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album Master Sessions Volume I

1994


Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album
Honored for : Master Sessions Volume I

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album Master Sessions Volume I