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Foo Foo, Carlos Santana

Foo Foo, Carlos Santana

02 May 2009
Who does not know Carlos Santana? He is one of the most known guitar player and an all round musician, playing many kinds of music, like Afro-Jazz (with Babatunde Olatunji), but known as best with his group Santana. Carlos Augusto Santana Alves was b…

Chucho Valdés, El Rumbón (The Party)

29 Apr 2009
Chucho Valdés (*9th of October 1941), born Jesús Dionisio Valdés, is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was born in Quivicán, Cuba. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pia…

Mongo Santamaria, Este Mambo

15 Apr 2009
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (*7th of April 1917 in Havana, Cuba – †1st of February, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1…