May perpetual light shine upon you, and may God grant you eternal rest." Despite the trying times in Cuba, some farewells transcend personal grief to become newsworthy events. Today, it is the drum ...

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Big Black first heard drum and percussion rhythms while listening to a radio broadcast from Cuba and was mesmerized by the sounds of congas and bongos. He started playing percussion in Miami in the 50 ...

A native of South Florida, percussionist Murphy Aucamp began playing drums at the age of 6 and later congas after discovering his passion for Cuban music. Murphy studied classical percussion at ...

His parents were from Barbados, and a variety of Anglo and Latino Caribbean rhythms would inform his phrasing. On a 1951 Charlie Parker record date with a Latin flavor, Haynes on drum set seamlessly ...

Bands such as Los Irakeres and Los Ban Ban, which played in Cuba after the 1959 revolution, were some of the first bands to add the American trap-drum set to traditional congas, bongos and timbals.

tuned congas at once in order to create distinct melodies. He was also skilled on the tres – a style of guitar that is regularly employed in Afro-Cuban music. In more recent years, Camero was ...