Mambo pioneer Cachao dies at 89

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• Cachao left communist Cuba and came to the United States in the early 1960s
  
• He wrote hundreds of songs in Cuba for bands and orchestras, many based on son
  
• He and his brother developed what they called danzon mambo
  
• Cachao and friends popularized descarga, incorporating jazz with Afro-Cuban style
  
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