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Conga Drum Played by Paul Hawkins

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Percussionist Paul Hawkins played this conga drum for Melvin Deal’s African Dance and Drumming classes at The New ...
The New York Times

Cándido Camero, Conga Master Who Transformed Jazz, Dies at 99

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 ...
The Shield

Gallery: ‘De Africa al Caribe, The 5,000-mile journey of the Congo drum into the Americas’ presents the evolution of Latin music, drums

Yamil Conga, performer and keynote speaker, and Michael Angelo, present Latin dance and music culture in Carter Hall for “De ...
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Conga Drum

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Carved, colorfully-painted wood forms ...
Jazz

Traps Covers It All: Third Issue Features Unpublished Material on John Bonham Plus Soul-Jazz Pioneer Idris Muhammad and Conga Legend Candido Camero

Traps third issue also includes features on Cuban jazz legend Candido Camero, the innovations of drum industry manufacturers Remo Belli (synthetic drumheads), Martin Cohen of Latin Percussion (hand ...