Generally speaking, the congas are meant to play a relatively constant and underpinning role, whereas the bongos can be more frenetic and 'lyrical'. In this tutorial, we'll show you the basic conga ...

Tycoon celebrates its 30th anniversary with these Signature congas and bongos, the most impressive from this green-aware company yet, plus the attractive mid-priced Select series and a pair of killer ...

Bongo pioneer Jack Costanzo drums on at 96 The legendary Latin-jazz percussionist, fondly known as “Mr. Bongo,” will perform Friday at Dizzy’s with the Bi-National Mambo Band, under the ...

Preston Epps, a percussionist whose 1959 instrumental "Bongo Rock" helped introduce bongos and conga drums to mainstream pop, has died. He was 88.

They had Hubert Smith singing, Freddy Smith, guitarist, Stan Seymour, Celeste Robinson, Albert Fox on bass, and King Trott on congas and bongo drums. It was a promotional movie about Bermuda.

Cuban-born drummer Armando Peraza, a self-taught musician who transformed himself from a homeless orphan in Havana to a world-recognized bongo and conga expert who performed with Carlos Santana ...

One of the distinguishing components of Afro-Cuban jazz is the instruments employed by the percussionists. In the U.S., there is usually one drummer with a drum kit (drums, cymbals and maybe a wood ...

In Cuba they had performed with two percussionists, one of whom played bongos while Mr. Camero played the quinto, a drum with a higher-pitch than that of the standard conga.

PORT JERVIS - Emedin Rivera has played conga drums and percussion around the world, whether funk and soul, jazz, Afro-Irish or background music for a wolf documentary. He has played with Larry ...

See also: Poncho Sanchez Played the Weekend Wedding Circuit, Until a Gringo Changed His Luck In his column this week, Jeff Weiss talks with renowned conga player Poncho Sanchez about the unlikely ...