Machito and his Salsa Big Band 1982

Machito and his Salsa Big Band 1982 is the Afro-Cuban salsa jazz orchestra led by Machito aka Frank Raul Grillo, who emigrated to New York City in the late 1930's. Machito is credited to be one of the innovators fusing Jazz / Be-bop with Afro-Cuban rhythms into salsa. The album won the 1983 Grammy Award in the category Best Latin Recording.