Cal Tjader

Cal Tjader

male, deceased (1982)
Cool jazz drummer, From st. louis, missouri, Latinjazzmusician, United States Army soldier, Cool jazz vibraphonist, American military personnel of World War II…jazz musician, latin jazz, jazz, jazz drummer, Latin rock
Cal Tjader (July 16 1925-May 5 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American...
Eddie Palmieri

Eddie Palmieri

male, 72 years old
Latinjazzmusician, musician, latin music, jazz, pianist, Puerto Rican
Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936 in New York City) - pianist and bandleader. Palmieri is best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental...

Rubén Blades

male, 61 years old
Devil's Own, The Last Fight, The Milagro Beanfield War, once upon a time in mexico, fbi, Musical theatre…Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader, Afro-Cuban jazz singer, Latinjazzmusician, musician, Salsa musician
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna and recorded a number of albums with them. However, Fania continued to release recordings compiled from their a...
Mario Bauza

Mario Bauza

male, deceased (1993)
Afro-Cuban jazz clarinetist, Latinjazzmusician, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, Afro-Cuban, Mario Bauzá, trumpet…latin jazz
Mario Bauzá was one of the most influential figures in the development of Latin jazz or as he referred to it, Afro-Cuban ("Latin" Music, a term c...
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 jazz percussionist…Latinjazzmusician, jazz musician, latin jazz, Salsa musician, Mambo musician
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...
Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat

male, deceased (1990)
Latin jazz violinist, Latin jazz bandleader, death from cardiovascular disease, Afro-Cuban jazz violinist, Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader, Latinjazzmusician…latin music, musician
Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion o...
Chano Pozo

Chano Pozo

male, deceased (1948)
Latinjazzmusician, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, murder victim, Cuban, bebop, big band…latin jazz, musician
Chano Pozo (January 7, 1915 - December 2, 1948) was a percussionist with a musical background from Cuban religious cults. Born in Havana, he played...
Giovanni Hidalgo

Giovanni Hidalgo

male, 46 years old
Latinjazzmusician, Villa Hidalgo, José Manuel Hidalgo, timbales, From San Juan, Puerto Rico, bongo…jazz, musician
Giovanni Hidalgo "Mañenguito" (born March 9, 1963, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) - percussionist. Giovanni received his primary education in San Juan, t...
Airto Moreira

Airto Moreira

male, 68 years old
Latinjazzmusician, jazz musician, jazz drummer, percussionist, jazz, Brazilian
Airto Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian Jazz percussionist and musician. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

Mongo Santamaría

male, deceased (2003)
Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist, Latinjazzmusician, tito puente, boogaloo, percussionist, soul music…latin jazz, jazz standard, musician
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...