Recordando Julio Andino.(contrabajista de Nueva York)(TT: remembering Julio Andino.)(TA: bass player from New York)

From: Latin Beat Magazine | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: Salazar, Max | Copyright information

For twenty years beginning in 1940, bass player Julio Andino was respected as the Israel López "Cachao" (current most popular bassist) of his time period. Like Cachao, Andino was a virtuoso of the stringed instrument and was soft spoken, easy to get along with and appeared to avoid the spotlight of recognition. He was one of a few Latin musicians in the thirties who performed with popular Harlem jazz bands. His knowledge of jazz and Latin rhythms enabled him to work seven days a w...

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