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 ...

Cuban percussionist Walfredo de los Reyes Sr., who shared the stage with Tito Puente, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Linda ...

Tata Guines, one of the most important percussionists on the tumbadora, or conga drum, in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz and son montuno, died Monday in Havana, where he lived. He was 77. The ...

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 ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much of the “sound” of the Miami Sound Machine comes from drummer/ songwriter Enrique “Kiki” Garcia. Garcia not only penned MSM’s 1985 breakthrough hit, Conga, but co-wrote Rhythm Is Gonna Get You, ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - "King of the Congas" Tata Guines, Cuba's most famous percussionist who shared the stage with Josephine Baker and Frank Sinatra half a century ago, died on Monday in Havana. He was ...