found: Machito [SR] p1982:label (Machito) narration (Frank "Machito" Grillo; Cuban musician, known as Machito, d. 1984)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Machito (Grillo, Frank Raul); b. Feb. 16, 1912, Havana, d. Apr. 15, 1984, London; Cuban bandleader, singer, and maraca player)
found: Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999(Machito (Frank Raul Grillo); b. Feb. 16, 1912, Tampa, FL, d. Apr. 15, 1984, London, England; percussion, leader, vocalist)
found: Oxford music online, April 22, 2016:Grove music online (Machito (Grillo, Frank Raul); born February 16, 1908/1909, Tampa, Florida, died April 15, 1984, London; Cuban bandleader, singer, and maraca player; returned to United States in 1937; formed the Afro-Cubans in 1940) Enc. of popular music, 4th ed. (Machito; born Francisco Raúl Grillo, February 16, 1912, Tampa, Florida, died April 15, 1984, London)
found: Selected transcriptions, 2016:title page (Machito) page xvii (born Francisco Raúl Pérez Gutierrez (later taking the surname Grillo), February 16, 1908, Havana; other sources cite his birth as February 16, 1909, 1912, or 1915, in Havana or even in Tampa, Florida) page xlvi (died 1984, London)
found: New York times WWW site, April 22, 2016:obituary published April 17, 1984 (Machito, 76, died Sunday [April 15], London; born 1908, Havana; real name, Frank Grillo; bandleader, Latin dance music and jazz; came to United States in 1937)
found: Social Security death index, April 22, 2016(Frank Grillo; born February 16, 1912, died April 1984; last known residence: Bronx, New York)
