by Omelenko1 » Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:00 pm
Uba Nieto , Manny Oquendo, Willie Rodriguez and Tito Puente all studied under Carlos Montesino, a black Cuban timbalero that lived in "El Barrio". Mongo used to tell me stories about Montesino.
Another favorite timbalero of mine and not metioned was the great Cuco Martinez, who played with Mongo and also Cal Tjader back in the day.
Dario