As one of the premier ambassadors of Latin music, conguero and bandleader Mongo Santamaria melded styles to arrive at an infectious fusion of hot rhythms with the improvisational energy of jazz.
New York - A popular and influential Latin jazz percussionist is dead.Mongo Santamaria died Saturday in a Miami hospital following a stroke. He was 85.Santamaria scored a top-ten hit in 1963 with his ...
Latin jazz got a much-needed booster shot earlier this year with the release of "Calle 54 (54th Street)," an artistically rich portrait of the bubbling international-jazz movement. The concert film, ...
The Jesús Maria district in the oldest part of Havana, Cuba, might be pretty much overlooked if not for the fact that, 100 years ago Friday, Ramon Santamaria was born there. "Mongo" Santamaria was ...
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