Cuban percussionist Miguel “Anga” Diaz, an acclaimed conga master who perfected a dazzling five-drum technique with a versatility that allowed him to span genres from progressive jazz to traditional ...

Mongo Santamaria, a Cuban conga player and percussionist who arrived in New York at the beginning of the jazz-Latin fusion and was arguably the most popular Latin musician of the 1960s, died Saturday.

In 1917, Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez was born into poverty in Havana, Cuba. Nicknamed “Mongo” (a tribal chief in Senegal), he began playing the conga drum at an early age and as a teen, Mongo ...

What: Vail Jazz joins Vail Symposium to present professor Michael Davison and members of Afro-Cuban band ¡Cubanismo! in a performance and demonstration of the fundamentals of Afro-Cuban jazz. Where: ...

The death of Cuban conga master Carlos "Patato" Valdes this past December provides a sad opportunity to dig out one of his best-known recordings — which also happens to be a groundbreaking piece of ...

While Australian tourists flock to the northern parts of the Caribbean, one percussionist is hoping to bring a slice of Cuba back to Canberra. Carrying a conga in one hand, and a bag as vibrant as his ...

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 ...

The Afro-Brazilian rhythms: Samba de Caboclo, Partido Alto and Barravento are each played by three or more conga players in combination with surdo and chocalho. "Samba de Caboclo" comes from the ...

Good Morning. At least it is for me, your faithful correspondent for the next couple of days at the NPR blog that likes its signals the same way it likes its drinks. And, for that matter, its ...

Timbata will perform Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St., Arcata. Timbata is a seven-piece Afro-Cuban band based in Humboldt County. Band members include Gary Davidson on bass, ...

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 ...

Afro Straight is Saturday music. That day following a work week where you take off your suit and tie or uniform, and put on that favorite sweatshirt and pair of jeans to kick back and relax in the ...