Federico Arístides Soto Alejo (June 30, 1930 – February 4, 2008), better known as Tata Güines, was a Cuban percussionist, bandleader and arranger. He was widely regarded as a master of the conga drum, and alongside Carlos "Patato" Valdés, influential in the development of contemporary Afro-Cuban music, including Afro-Cuban jazz. He specialized in a form of improvisation known as descarga, a format in which he recorded numerous albums throughout the years with Cachao, Frank Emilio Flynn, Estrellas de Areito, Alfredo Rodríguez and Jane Bunnett, among others. In the 1990s he released two critically acclaimed albums as a leader: Pasaporte and Aniversario. His composition "Pa' gozar" has become a standard of the descarga genre.
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Juan Pablo Torres
Cuban musician
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Cachao
Cuban musician
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Conga player
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Peruchín
Cuban pianist
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Hilario Durán
Cuban musician
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Chucho Valdés
Cuban musician
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Rubén González Fontanills
Cuban musician
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Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist
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Frank Emilio Flynn
Cuban composer, pianist and jazz musician (1921-2001)
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Alfredo Rodríguez
Cuban pianist from the 1960s to 2000s
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Miguel "Angá" Díaz
Cuban musician
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Changuito
Cuban musician
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Orlando "Cachaíto" López
Cuban musician
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Omara Portuondo
Cuban singer
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Chano Pozo
Cuban musician
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Carlos Vidal Bolado
musician and was one of the original Machito and his Afro-Cuban boys
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Pedrito Martinez
musician
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Francisco Aguabella
Cuban master percussionist
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Arsenio Rodríguez
Cuban musician
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Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Sabu Martinez
American musician
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Mongo Santamaría
Cuban musician
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Miguelito Valdés
Cuban singer (1912-1978)
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Giovanni Hidalgo
Puerto Rican percussionist and music educator
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Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos
Cuban musician
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Sonora Matancera
Cuban band
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Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
Cuban jazz trumpeter
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Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
American musician
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Poncho Sanchez
American musician
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Buena Vista Social Club
ensemble of Cuban musicians
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Ignacio Berroa
Cuban musician
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Arturo Sandoval
Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
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Roberto Fonseca
Cuban musician
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Paquito D'Rivera
Cuban musician