Bass players don't usually get to make solo albums.
But if you're the anchor man for the world's most famous group of elderly Cuban musicians, that's a different story.
Over the last five years The Buena Vista Social Club have created a whole new vogue for Cuban music with their elegantly nostalgic sepia tinted versions of classic tunes.
In the process, the careers of a largely forgotten generation of musicians have been spectacularly revitalised.
As one of the three original members, Cachaito has provided the supplest of rhythmic backbones for every solo and group project the Buena Vista phenomenon has spawned. Albums by Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González and the Afro Cuban All Stars have all featured his playing.
But Cachaito's story started long before all this.
He was born into a highly musical family which has produced some 35 bass players, including his famou