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A star percussionist and something of the best possible to result from Cuba because the heyday of Chano Pozo, Candido Camero, and Armando Peraza, Daniel Ponce displayed rhythmic mastery of both traditional Cuban noises and modern African-American rhythms. Ponce’s grandfather was a popular bata drum participant and offered his grandson …

Most widely known for his use Dizzy Gillespie, Afro-Cuban and jazz drummer Ignacio Berroa was created in Havana, Cuba, in 1953. Though he originally analyzed traditional violin, after he noticed Nat Ruler Cole and Glenn Miller he understood that he wished to have a different path. He started drum lessons …