This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities ...

For nearly 40 years, conguero (conga drummer) and bandleader Ray Barretto has been one of the leading forces in Latin jazz, and is widely credited for being the first U.S.-born percussionist to ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Many Washingtonians danced to rhythms played on this Haitian conga drum. Hide stretched taut across the drum forms its ...

If you want to play congas and earn people’s respect, you better be from Africa, Cuba, or Puerto Rico. Or you can be Poncho Sánchez. “Nobody showed me nothing,” says conga player and bandleader ...

He brought Afro-Cuban influences to American ensembles and dazzled audiences with his virtuosic multiple-drum technique. By Neil Genzlinger “When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution ...

Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi, widely known as Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born in Ikogosi, Ekiti State, he has spent over a decade championing ...

Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi aka Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born and bred in Lagos, but hails from Ikogosi Ekiti State, he has spent over a decade ...

Drummer Francisco Aguabella sits alone during a rehearsal break earlier this week, quietly tapping his hands on two cocktail tables at the Pasadena Jazz Institute, where he’s scheduled to perform ...