M A C H I T O (1908 - 1984)

... was a Latin jazz musician born as Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo in Havana, Cuba.

• in 1940 he formed the band the Afro-Cubans, in New York City. Mario Bauzá was the musical director.
• Machito made numerous recordings from the 1940s to the 1980s, many with Graciela, his foster sister.
• in 1983 Machito won a GRAMMY AWARD for Machito & His Salsa Big Bans '82. 

MACHITO and his Afro-Cubans 1941