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Mongo Santamaria - 84% match to Irakere

Genres:	Jazz, Latin
Decades Active:	1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Ramón Santamaría, 7 April 1922, Jesús María district, Havana, Cuba, d. 1 February 2003, Miami, Florida, USA. Percussionist and band leader Santamaría (nicknamed Mongo by his father) arrived in New York at the end of the 40s. There he performed... Read more

Tito Puente - 64% match to Irakere

Genres:	Jazz, Latin, World Music
Decades Active:	1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Ernesto Antonio Puente Jnr., 20 April 1923, Harlem Hospital, New York City, New York, USA, d. 31 May 2000, New York City, New York, USA. Born of Puerto Rican parentage, Puente began piano lessons when he was seven years old and around the age of 10 started tuition in drums and... Read more

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