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terminology for the
instruments and the players. In Cuba,
congas are
called tumbadoras.
Conga players are
called congueros,
while rumberos refers to
those who...
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developed by ****nio Rodríguez, who
added a horn section, as well as
tumbadoras (congas) to the
traditional Son
cubano ensemble;
which typically contained...
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appropriate moment (Santos 1985). In
several songo arrangements, the
tumbadora ('conga') part
sounds the
typical tumbao on the low-pitched drum, while...
- used as
drums until the
early 20th century, when they were
replaced by
tumbadoras (conga drums).
During the genre's
recorded history,
which began in the...
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appropriate moment (Santos 1985). In
several songo arrangements, the
tumbadora ('conga') part
sounds the
typical tumbao on the low-pitched drum, while...
- arará drums, chequerés, erikundis, maracas, claves, cencerros, bongó,
tumbadoras (congas), and güiro. "Jazz bands"
began forming in Cuba as
early as the...
- This
equipment may be
expanded with two
tumbadoras and one or more trumpets. The drum
called Conga or
tumbadora, of an
evident Bantu origin, is, according...
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Conjunto Niágara, and
became one of Cuba's
foremost makers of
bongos and
tumbadoras. Requena, as well as the
Vergara brothers, were
instrumental in the technological...
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commonly pla**** in
Mbanza Ngungu, Congo.
Originally a
person who
plays tumbadoras is
called a "tumbador" but ever
since they
began using the name "conga"...
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percussionist Chano Pozo
brought Afro-Cuban
rhythms and instruments, such as the
tumbadora and the bongo, into the East
Coast jazz scene.
Early combinations of jazz...
