Machito

Machito real name was Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo. He was born in havana, cuba december 3, 1909 and died april 15, 1984. Machito was a band leader of the afro cubans and played the maracas. He influence a lot of diffrent sounds into jazz. Machito brought an afro carribbean sound to jazz. This fantastic sound later beacame known as mambo and was a big hit in new york ballrooms in the early 40s and late 50s. Then later on machito was better known as the king of mambo. He became a great influence to Tito Puentes and many other drum players with his grate organized rythmn playing. Machito spent most of his time in new york and moved to miami florida and tour across the country. Machito was the founder of Arfo carribbean jazz known as mambo, He throughly was the king of mambo.