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Mongo Santamaría
Havana, Cuba
Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure i…
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Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s.
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2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie Self - Performer (archive footage)
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1976
Salsa
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