Mongo Santamaría
Born: 1917-04-07
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.
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as SelfReleased: 2021-07-02
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival,...
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Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as Self (archive footage)Released: 2021-12-10
When the film West Side Story was released in 1961, New York's reviled Puerto Rican community...
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