Carlos Vidal Bolado
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Carlos Vidal Bolado, also known as "Vidal Bolado", was a Cuban conga drummer and an original member of Machito and his Afro-Cubans. Vidal holds the double distinction of being the first to record auth
Vidal on conga at the Glen Island Casino, New York, 1947
Mongo Santamaría
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Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachang
Carlos Vidal Bolado
…of Cuban congueros to emigrate to the United States and settled in New York. Other notable congueros who came to the U.S. during that time include Mongo Santamaria, Armando Peraza, Chano Pozo, Francisco Aguabella, Julito Collazo and Cándido Camero. Vidal arrived in the U.S. in 1943, before any of the other previously…
Santamaría in 1969
"Afro Blue" bass line with main beats indicated by slashed noteheads