Mongo Santamaría

male, deceased (2003)
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...
Poncho Sanchez

Poncho Sanchez

male, 58 years old
Poncho Sanchez (born October 30, 1951) is a Latin jazz artist, salsa singer, band leader and "conguero" (conga player). In 2000, Sanchez and his...
Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

male, 69 years old
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer....
Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo

male, deceased (1983)
Willie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa, an American jazz percussionist. His son, Eric Bobo (Eric Correa), is a percussionist with crew...
La Lupe

La Lupe

female, deceased (1992)
"La Lupe", or "La Yiyiyi" was a Latin and Salsa singer. Born in the barrio of San Pedrito, Santiago de Cuba, her father was a worker at the local...
Armando Peraza

Armando Peraza

male, 85 years old
Armando Peraza stands shoulder to shoulder with Chano Pozo and Tito Puente as a pioneer of the Afro Cuban art form, but through his long...
Sonny Fortune

Sonny Fortune

male, 70 years old
Sonny Fortune (born May 19, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz alto saxophonist and flautist. In New York City he recorded...

Steve Berrios

male, 64 years old
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...
Julito Collazo

Julito Collazo

male, deceased (2004)
Julio "Julito" Collazo was a master percussionist. Collazo was born in Havana, Cuba. He gained his musical background from the religious cult...
Bob Quaranta

Bob Quaranta

male
Bob Quaranta, pianist, received his B.A. in music theory from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. For over ten years, he was a member of...