Candido Camero

Candido Camero

male, 88 years old
Bebop percussionist, Latin jazz percussionist, Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, Billy Taylor quartet, Salsoul Records, bongo…jazz, jazz drummer, Cuban, jazz musician
Candido Camero (born April 22, 1921) is Cuban percussionist (mainly conga and bongo) who backed many Afro-Cuban jazz and straightforward jazz acts...

Steve Berrios

male, 64 years old
drummer, Latin jazz percussionist, Pucho & His Latin Soul Brother, Afro-Cuban jazz drummer, Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, Latin jazz drummer…American jazz drummer, jazz, percussionist
Steve Berrios (b. February 24, 1945) is a jazz drummer and percussionist born in New York, New York. He started playing trumpet, but is not know...
Tito Puente Sr.

Tito Puente Sr.

male, deceased (2000)
Spanish Harlem, Jazz vibraphonist, Tito "El Rey del timbal" Puente, Ojos Negros, Mambo Diablo, Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist…Latin jazz musician, jazz musician, latin jazz
Tito Puente, Sr., (April 20, 1923 - May 31, 2000 or June 1, 2000 according to IMDb), born "Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr.", was an influential Latin...

Mongo Santamaría

male, deceased (2003)
Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, Latin jazz musician, tito puente, boogaloo, percussionist, soul music…Cuban, latin jazz, jazz standard, Afro-Cuban, Afro Blue
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," re...
Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo

male, deceased (1983)
Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, American jazz percussionist, tito puente, Mongo Santamaria, fantasy, percussionist…jazz, latin jazz
Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa, an American jazz percussionist. His son, Eric Bobo (Eric Correa), is a percussionist with crew...
Poncho Sanchez

Poncho Sanchez

male, 58 years old
Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, Latin Soul, Hugh Masakela, Concord Picante, Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album, conguero…latin jazz, Jazz bandleader, jazz musician
Poncho Sanchez (born October 30, 1951) is a Latin jazz artist, salsa singer, band leader and "conguero" (conga player). In 2000, Sanchez and his...
Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

male, deceased (1986)
Television producer, Cuban-American, I Love Lucy actor, actor, musician, comedian…Cuban, Afro-Cuban jazz guitarist, Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist
Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) (March 2, 1917 - December 2, 1986) was a Cuban musician, actor, comedian and television...
Joe Cuba

Joe Cuba

male, 78 years old
Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, Latin jazz percussionist, Salsa percussionist, musician, Puerto Rican, boogaloo
Joe Cuba born "Gilberto Miguel Calderon" in 1931 in the city of New York, is a Puerto Rican musician who is considered to be the "Father of Latin...
Francisco Aguabella

Francisco Aguabella

male, 84 years old
Cuban jazz percussionist, Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, University of California, Los Angeles, conga, National Heritage Fellowship winner, percussionist…Cuban, jazz musician
Francisco Aguabella (c. 1925) is an Afro-Cuban jazz conga player, well-known on the jazz scene since the 1950s born in Matanzas, Cuba. In 1992 he...
Bill Summers

Bill Summers

male
the color purple, Latin jazz percussionist, Jazz fusion percussionist, Los Hombres Calientes, Afro-Cuban jazzpercussionist, Jazz-funk percussionist…jazz, percussionist, latin jazz
Bill Summers is a New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums. Summers...