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The Conga Kings: Jazz Descargas
by Chris M. Slawecki
On many levels, The Conga Kings’ Jazz Descargas is authentic Afro-Cuban jazz.
For starters, Carlos “Patato” Valdes and Candido Camero have been Afro-Cuban music pioneers for decades. Patato is recognized as one of the first to tune his congas to a song’s dominant chord, which contributes harmony to the song’s melody as well as to the rhythm of a song (noteworthy because there is no piano, and therefore plenty of melodic space, on Jazz Descargas ), and has played with ...
read moreThe Conga Kings Play S.O.B.'s In New York City, Monday, July 22, 2002
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All About Jazz
Candido Camero, Patato Valdez, and Giovanni Hidalgo, the holy trinity of percussion, gather Monday night for a rare concert appearance at New York's premier world music venue located at 204 Varick Street and West Houston Street. Tickets are $20 and are available at the box office. Ladies are FREE before 7:30 p.m.
The 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. shows will feature music from their recent CD on Chesky Records, Jazz Descargas. They will be joined by eight other Latin music ...
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