One of the great Cuban latin-jazz bands, NG La Banda was led by flautist José Luis Cortés and are known for being the originators of the “timba” rhythm, […]
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Ramòn “Mongo” Santamaria was a Cuban master of percussion, mainly a conga drummer and leader of the boogaloo dance crazes of the 60s. Mongo first picked up the […]
We first came across this one on the great Lovefingers music blog… Chekeré Son is a must-have album from Afro-Cuban jazz legends Irakere (Yoruba for ‘forest’). One of […]
