Musician Profile Search Results:
Alex Diaz
Born in Bani, Dominican Republic, Alex Diaz began playing music at an early age. At age 10 he enrolled at Jose Reyes Music School in his hometown. Soon he was lead snare drum in his town’s Municipal Band under Professor...Angelo Segarra
Angelo Segarra is one of the most talented, versatile musicians/conga players of the Latin Jazz Genre. He has been playing conga since a very young age. His first performance at age 18 was with Orchestra La Raza, opening band for Ismael...Annette A Aguilar
Latin Brazilian and Latin Jazz Concert and Recording Artist
Armando Peraza
Armando Peraza - congas, percussion Armando Peraza is one of the most important and revered figures in the world of Latin percussion. A legendary master on both congas and bongo, whose unorthodox style and rich history are...Arnorld Salas
MusicianBig Black
Big Black - congas, percussion The master musician, percussionist and hand drummer, known as Big Black, was born Daniel Ray in Georgia in 1934, and grew up as a child in the Carolinas. Big Black first heard drum and percussion rhythms...
Candido
One of the great Cuban conga players and percussionists to come in the wake of Chano Pozo, he has been a constant source of authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms since his arrival in the early ‘50’s. Born Candido Camera, 22 April 1921,...
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Since Patato emigrated from Cuba he had an incredible career,having the spontaneity and charm to draw audiences from all over, with the irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms he so skillfully created. Valdez's understanding of melodic...
Chano Pozo
To properly attempt to write a profile on such a colorful and significant character as Chano Pozo, we must go to Africa, where it all began. The Niger River Delta, in the Africa Bend, more specifically the area of Calabar, was one of...Charles Walker
Philadelphia born. Have been playing since 1967. Starting with the Iyone Nash dance troupe ,performed in Freedom theater's Black Nativity,Worked at Temple U's dance dept. Side man for Byard Lancaster for several years. Performed and sat in...Charles-David Bonafos
Studied in latin percussions for 3 sessions.Chris Rhoden
Played with NJ Mass Choir, Alvin Darlin, Sissy HoustonDavid Rages
The Talons are multi-instrumentalists with wide-ranging musical tastes. Drawn together through happenstance, these musicians immediately recognized kindred souls. Starting from a shared interest in jazz improvisation, they embarked on a...Edwin "Nepy" Maldonado
Edwin "Nepy" Maldonado: Percussionist, Arranger, Producer and Vocalist.Edwin "Nepy" Maldonado was born and raised in Trenton, NJ, Nov. 15, 1976. He was the first child born to Eddie & Mille Maldonado. As a child, he always had an...Emmanuel Bizeau
Emmanuel Bizeau: A native of France, Paris, began to play percussions from 17 years old. Being aspired Afro-Cuban music, totally 3 years during 1991 to 1996, went to Cuba and had studied under Miguel Valdez Aballi(Emiliano Salvador), ...
Fito Kahn
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Francisco Aguabella
Francisco Aguabella - congas A master percussionist who was born in Matanzas Cuba, Francisco Aguabella is one of the first eschelon of drummers who came to America and are responsible for all drummers that came after them,"...
Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo congas, and percussion (Born 1963) Giovanni Hidalgo is the most highly sought after conga player on the planet. He has recorded, played and toured with most of the top musicians in the Latin, and jazz realms. His mastery...
Janine Santana
Of Puerto Rican descent, Via Brooklyn, NY and Trenton, NJ Janine Santana has had a deep love for Afro-Cuban/ Caribbean traditions and Jazz for as long as she can remember. The recent debut of Soft as Granite was born from her relentless...
Jerry LeDuff
JERRY LEDUFF plays congas, cuica, berimbau, tabla, suordo, ethnic flutes, ocarinas and many other percussion instruments. Jerry uses his large collection of ethnic and contemporary percussion...
One man's trash is another man's treasure. Nothing could be truer for Norman Hedman and the discovery of his first hand drum, a conga, he rescued from a Brooklyn garbage can. A native of...Jesus Diaz
Cuban born percussionist and vocalist Jesus Diaz arrived in the United States from la Habana in 1980. He quickly identified the Bay Area music scene as the grounds to establish his new home. His local and worldwide performances in...
Johnny Conga
“JC” Johnny Conga, a Volcano Percussion endorsee, has been performing for 45 years, as a “multi-percussionist-specialist”, in the Art of Afro-Caribbean Drumming, and Latin-Jazz music.
Some of the Artists that “JC” have worked...ken moshesh
lecture, associate professor,stress area chairman, steering committee
member afro-american studies, uc berkeley. videographer, homeless
advocate, homeless comission, healthcare for the homeless community
advisory board,10-year plan...
Luis Domingo Diaz
Over 30 years experience in the world of Afro-Caribbean Music. Percussionist, Clinician, Instructor and Band Leader. Latin Percussion instructor for "The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music" since 1999. Endorser for Evans Drumheads, Sabian...Michael Cobb
Biography missing, add it now.Miguel "Angá" Díaz
1961: Born Miguel Aurelio Diaz Sayas in San Juan y Martinez in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, area known for its rumba traditions. Shares the nickname Angá with his father. Began playing prodigiously early.
1971: attends the...Myles Bigelow
From Boston to Cuba, New York to Vancouver, this riddim-
keeper has moved effortlessly from the sidelines into the
production chair honing all the skills needed to work his magic
on both skins and bass bins.
First recognized as conga...Nelson Ortiz
Co-founder of YAVAZ,Nelson was a guitarist and a singer back in the 1960's in Tijuana in some of the most popular nightclubs like Mike's Bar, The Aloha & The Blue Note. His band played in concert with a then up and coming band called...
Norman Hedman
Percussionist, Producer, Composer, Solo Artist
Philippe Ciminato
From Nice, France, percussionist Philippe Ciminato is a versatile independent musician who has performed worldwide with internationally acclaimed artists such as Salena Jones, Indra Lesmana, Horacio "EL NEGRO" Hernandez, Toninho Horta,...
Poncho Sanchez
Psychedelic Blues is Poncho Sanchez’s new album and twenty-fourth recording on Concord Records. The album features a more Latin jazz influenced sound honoring the tradition of Sanchez’s earlier Concord recordings.
Psychedelic Blues...
Ray Barretto
Barretto was born on 29 April 1929, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, of Puerto Rican parents. Noted for his many years as a prominent Latin bandleader, his music career actually began as a studio performer on the conga for jazz...
Sabu Martinez
Sabu was recognized as a virtuoso percussionist at a
young age. Playing for the major Latin and be-bop names as
a teenager, it was not long before he teamed up with top
jazz artists and created astounding Afro-Latin jazz. With his
own...Samuel Torres
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Samuel graduated in Music Composition from the Universidad Javeriana. He
started playing at the age of twelve with local bands and recalls learning a great deal from in-home
jam sessions with friends of his...Sidoun
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Tatá Güines
Tatá Güines, like many musical veterans who started
playing professionally in the 1940s and 50s, a golden age
for Cuban music, he found international fame in the 1990s
at the end of the cold war, when some Cubans were allowed
to...Terry Biggs
Lifelong asirations to play percussion.
The Saoco Project
Saoco is a famous slang word used to describe mainly the flavor in a Salsa song. Or in other words, to say a song is: Good rhythm, Great song, Killer tune, and other adjectives intended to describe something good in a Salsa song.
The word...Vernon Allan Joseph Chatlein
Vernon Allan Joseph Chatlein
Born: 28 November 1984, in Willemstad-Curacao
Vernon is a very promising and talented conguero and all-
round percussionist. He specializes in Cuban and Latin
Caribbean Music, but he is also an excellent...Vernon Chatlein
Vernon Allan Joseph Chatlein
Vernon is a very promising and talented conguero and all-
round percussionist. He specializes in Cuban and Latin
Caribbean Music, but he is also an excellent performer of
local folkloric music. He studied...
