Machito

Machito * ca. February 16, 1908 – † April 19, 1984Machito, MachitoMachito Machito Francisco Raúl Gutiérrez Grillo, known artistically as »Machito,« was a jazz pioneer and vocalist who helped connect Caribbean-style music with jazz music in the United States, where he was also known as Frank Grillo. His birthplace is uncertain: either Havana or Tampa Bay, Florida. Either way, he was raised in the Jesús María district of Havana, along with Graciela Gutiérrez Grillo, his foster sister, who would…