Tata Guines, 77, a conga drummer who helped popularize Afro-Cuban rhythms worldwide, died Monday outside Havana after being hospitalized for hypertension and kidney problems. Known as the “King of the ...

71, transitioned this life on January 16, 2023. Born May 9, 1953, at a U.S Naval hospital in Memphis Tennessee to the late Mary L. Moore and Otis Johnson. Earbie’s childhood life was developed in ...

Want a great conversation-starter with a fan of Latin jazz? Ask, "What's your favorite pairing of conga and timbales?" Many long-standing... Give The Drummer Some: Conga/Timbal Duos Give The Drummer ...

Born and bred in Lagos but hails from Ikogosi, Ekiti State, Nigeria, he has spent over a decade championing African arts, culture, and tourism while using the conga drum as his voice on both local and ...

Candido Camero, a Cuban musician who helped find new expressive directions for conga drumming, providing dynamic rhythmic accents to jazz and other forms of music, died Nov. 7 at his home in New York ...

He brought Afro-Cuban influences to American ensembles and dazzled audiences with his virtuosic multiple-drum technique. By Neil Genzlinger “When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution ...

Larry McDonald is one of the most accomplished percussionists in the world. Honored in Jamaica in 2011 with a lifetime achievement award, for over fifty years McDonald has recorded and toured with ...