BOBBY MATOS
Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
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Bobby Matos (born July 24, 1941 in the Bronx, New York - November 11, 2017 Los Angeles ) was a Latin jazz percussionist.
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Bronx born Bobby Matos began playing music beating on pots and pans in Grandma’s apartment and went on to backstage informal lessons with conga drum masters Patato Valdez and Mongo Santamaria.
His first gigs were in the early ˜60’s “beat '" bohemian “ Greenwich Village Cafes, but he soon found himself playing in every type of venue; from Bronx dance halls to Carnegie Hall, to elegant supper clubs, Central Park Concerts, Off Broadway theaters, and ˜After Hours” clubs in El Barrio.
He was inspired and encouraged to play timbales by Willie Bobo and Tito Puente, and in the late ˜60s attended the New School and Manhattan School of Music studying composition and arranging. Around this exciting time for Latin Music in N.Y., he recorded “My Latin Soul” for
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Sessions
Afro-Cuban Jazz
1998
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Gratitude
Afro-Cuban Jazz
2007
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Unity
Afro-Cuban Jazz
2009
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