In the 2000s, Cachao achieved three more Grammys in the Tropical Latin Album category. Although the first one was awarded for a jazz album, "El Arte del Sabor" (2001), with Bebo Valdés and Carlos "Patato" Valdés, the other two consisted of descargas, "Ahora sí!" (2004) and his posthumous release "The Last Mambo" (2011), recorded in September 2007. In addition, his 2000 album "Cuba linda", also made of descargas, was nominated for the award in 2001 but lost to "Alma Caribeña" by Gloria Estefan.