Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2002 6:19 pm
How many of you out there know about Candido Camero? "The man with a thousand fingers". He got that name by the way he plays the bongo. Listen to him on his first recording with the Billy Taylor trio 1952,which is available today on CD. Also the most rare of Albums by him (which i happen to have a copy of) is "CongaSoul" on the old Roulette label. Also Lalo Shifrin is on piano. Another one I would recommend is Tony Bennett "Live" at Carnegie Hall -1962- with Candido taking a phenominal one drum conga solo that drives the audience wild.,and makeS you ask the question"how does he do that?" Candido in his 70's and still playing. One of the true "Conga Kings".......At your Service...JC JOHNNY CONGA.....