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

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

The New York Times-Arts·2020-11-23 06:05

“When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution of conga playing, you’re talking about two periods — before Cándido and after Cándido,” the Grammy-nominated percussionist and bandleader Bobby Sanabria said on Friday, having just attended a memorial service for Cándido Camero. “His contributions were literally game changing.”

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