The pioneering Cuban percussionist Cándido Camero has died at age 99. Camero's grandson, Julian, told NPR member station WBGO that the Cuban conguero died peacefully at his home in New York on ...

One of the great Cuban conga players and percussionists to come in the wake of Chano Pozo, he has been a constant source of authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms since his arrival in the early ‘50’s. Born ...

Cándido Camero, a conga and bongo player who moved to New York from Cuba in 1946 and wound up recording on hundreds of jazz, Latin and disco albums, died November 7. He was 99. Cándido's arrival ...

Cándido Camero, the legendary Cuban conguero who pioneered the three-conga style and helped usher in a generation of Latin jazz, died peacefully at home in New York Saturday morning (November 7), NPR ...

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Even with all the joyful noise that three generations of master conga drummers can make, May 15’s performance by Cándido Camero, Papo Pepín and Giovanni Hidalgo at NYU’s Skirball Center will likely be ...

The conga player who performed with Dizzy Gillespie in his youth was among an impressive line-up of master iconoclasts at a historic Miami concert honoring mambo originator Israel "Cachao" Lopez. By ...

Like Cher and Oprah, Cándido Camero was so loved and respected by his peers that he went by his first name alone. If he had lived a few more months, he would be celebrating his 100th birthday on April ...

We're going to celebrate a birthday, but we need to go back in time first. Cándido Camero, who turned 99 years old on April 22, was there in the room as Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians in New York ...

Octogenarian Cuban musician Candido Camero, who celebrates a birthday with a return engagement in downtown Miami, works today at the same job he has had for the past 65 years: A-list conga player and ...