Raymond Santos (December 28, 1928 – October 17, 2019) was an American Grammy Award-winning Latin musician, composer, and educator. Santos has played and arranged for such artists as Noro Morales, Machito, Tito Rodriguez, Eddie Palmieri, and Tito Puente among many others. He was nicknamed El Maestro.
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Eddie Palmieri
American recording artist; pianist
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Brian Lynch
American musician
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Cachao
Cuban musician
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Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Johnny Pacheco
Dominican musician
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Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
Cuban jazz trumpeter
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Jerry Gonzalez
American musician
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Tito Puente
American musician, songwriter and record producer (1923-2000)
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Bobby Sanabria
American musician
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Michael Philip Mossman
American musician
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Mario Rivera
Dominican musician, composer and arranger
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João Donato
Brazilian musician
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Chico O'Farrill
Cuban composer and musician
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Jimmy Sabater, Sr.
American Latin musician
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Cal Tjader
American Latin jazz musician, recording artist
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Alfredo de la Fé
Cuban musician
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Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
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Michel Camilo
Dominican Grammy-award winning pianist and composer (born 1954)
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Conrad Herwig
American musician
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Lalo Rodríguez
Puerto Rican singer
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Marshall Gilkes
American musician
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Ray Barretto
Puerto Rican jazz musician
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Gilberto Santa Rosa
Puerto Rican musician
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La India
Puerto Rican recording artist; singer, salsa musician
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Horacio Hernandez
Cuban musician
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A. K. Salim
American musician
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Bob Franceschini
American jazz saxophonist
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Arturo O'Farrill
Cuban-American musician
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Noro Morales
Puerto Rican musician
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Clare Fischer
American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
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Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Poncho Sanchez
American musician
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John Scofield
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
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Seguida
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Barry Rogers
American musician
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Dafnis Prieto
Cuban composer, educator and jazz drummer
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John Densmore
American drummer and songwriter
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Miguel Zenón
Puerto Rican alto saxophonist
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Carlos Franzetti
Argentine composer (born 1948)
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Vitín Avilés
singer
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Geoffrey Keezer
American musician
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Jens Winther
Danish musician
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Christian McBride
American musician
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Lenny Hambro
Jazz Musician
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Lew Soloff
American musician
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Andy González
American musician
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Lou Marini
American saxophonist, arranger and composer
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Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Aaron Sachs
American musician
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Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Al Schmitt
American recording engineer and record producer
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Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Rubén Blades
Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician
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Melvin Gibbs
musician