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Machito Orchestra
Frank Grillo (born Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo; December 3, 1909 – April 15, 1984) known professionally as Machito (previously as Macho), was a Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and create both Cubop and salsa music. Ginell, Richard S. ''Biography''. Allmusic, 2011/ref> He was raised in Havana with his sister, singer Graciela. In New York City, Machito formed the Afro-Cubans in 1940, and with Mario Bauzá as musical director, brought together Cuban rhythms and big band arrangements in one group. He made numerous recordings from the 1940s to the 1980s, many with Graciela as singer. Machito changed to a smaller ensemble format in 1975, touring Europe extensively. He brought his son and daughter into the band, and received a Grammy Award in 1983, one year before he died. Machito's music had an effect on the careers of many musicians who played in the Afro-Cubans over the years, and on those who were attracted to Latin jazz after hearing him. George Shea ...
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Graciela
Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez (August 23, 1915 – April 7, 2010),
Accessed April 2010 known by the

mononym

Graciela, was a Cuban singer of Cuban music and

Latin jazz

Biography

Graciela was born in

Havana, Cuba

and raised in the

Afro-Cuban

Jesús María neighborhood. Graciela was the lead vocalist over a period of 10 years in the 1930s and '40s with Orquesta Anac ...
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