per tune. Personal life Machito was somewhat short in stature, at in height. A lifelong Roman Catholic, he married Puerto Rican Hilda Torres on January 17, 1940, at which time he changed his nickname from "Macho" to "Machito". The cross-national marriage served as a sign to New York Latinos that it was possible to attain a sense of pan-Latino brotherhood. Frank and Hilda Grillo produced five children: Martha (1941), Frank Jr (1943), Barbara (1948), Mario (1956) and Paula. The family lived in Spanish Harlem at 112th Street and Second Avenue, where Machito enjoyed cooking for his children, writing the occasional song such as "Sopa de Pichón" while working in the kitchen. Machito suffered a stroke before a concert in London, England in 1984, collapsing while waiting to go on stage at Ronnie Scott's club. He died four days later on April 19, 1984, at University College Hospital in London. His son Mario carried forward the legacy by leading The Machito Orchestra after his father's death. His daughter Paula, though dedicating her life to scholarly studies, has occasionally fronted the group as its singer. Mario Bauzá died in 1993. Hilda Grillo, a patron of Latin music after her husband's death, died in July 1997. Having never married, Graciela died in April 2010 at the age of 94. Legacy In 1985, New York mayor Ed Koch named the intersection of East 111th Street and Third Avenue "Machito Square", a location in Spanish Harlem which is one block from East 110th Street, renamed "Tito Puente Way" after the 2000 death of Tito Puente. Machito lived as a young adult in an apartment on the southwest corner of the intersection. A documentary film by Carlo Ortiz, Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy, was released in 1987, showing an elderly Machito and his wife in their Bronx apartment, as well as archival footage from performances in the 1940s and afterward. Selected discography As leader Mucho Macho Machito (Clef, 1948–1949) Kenya (Roulette, 1957) Vacation at the Concord (Verve, 1958) Machito with Flute to Boot (Roulette, 1959) Machito at the Crescendo (GNP Crescendo, 1961) Machito!!! (Timeless, 1983) As sideman Miguelito Valdés, Bim Bam Boom – An Album of Cuban Rhythms (Decca) Miguelito Valdés, Afro-Cuban Music (Decca, 1942) Charlie Parker, South of the Border (Verve, 1948 and 1951–1952) Dizzy Gillespie, Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (Pablo, 1975) See also List of jazz arrangers References Bibliography Austerlitz, Paul and Jere Laukkanen (2016).