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Conga players perform on a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin called the Tumbadora, or the Conga as it is internationally known. It is probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums or Sikulu drums commonly played in Mbanza Ngungu , Congo.
The conga repertoire includes many other rhythms found in genres such as danzón, mambo and cha-cha-cha, as well as foreign styles that have adopted Afro-Cuban percussion such as Jamaican reggae, Brazilian samba and bossa nova, and American soul, funk, Latin jazz and Latin rock. In the 1960s, the conga became a prominent instrument in Haitian ...
Latin percussion is a family of percussion, membranophone, lamellophone and idiophone instruments used in Latin music. Instruments ... Conga; Cajon; Guiro; Barril de ...
He invented many percussion instruments used in the Latin, Jazz, World, for which he was awarded 8 patents. [1] Cohen has captured and documented thousands of Latin and jazz musicians and performances through photography, videos, and audio recordings. [2] [3]
When rock music became popular in the 1960s, Peraza was the first Afro-Cuban percussionist to add conga drums to a rock track, notably on Harvey Mandel's Cristo Redentor album in 1968. Joining Santana
Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he received his primary education.His grandfather was a musician, and his father, José Manuel Hidalgo "Mañengue", was a renowned conga player.
He is a Cuban Conguero performing classic Cuban Rumbas, Afro-Cuban folkloric and religious music. He is a Santería priest. He came to the United States of America from Havana in 1998. He plays the Batá drum, conga, cajón, timbale, and bongo drums, among other percussion instruments. Pedrito learned his craft from the streets of Havana, Cuba.
Carlos Valdés Galán (November 4, 1926 – December 4, 2007), better known as Patato, was a Cuban conga player. [1] In 1954, he emigrated from La Habana to New York City where he continued his prolific career as a sideman for several jazz and Latin music ensembles, and occasionally as a bandleader. [2]