Cándido Camero
[1] After moving to New York in 1946, Camero played with Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Taylor and Stan Kenton, and from 1956 he recorded several albums as a leader.[1][2][3] His interest in music began at the age of 4, when his maternal uncle Andrés, a professional bongosero for the Septeto Segundo Nacional, taught him to play bongos on condensed milk cans.[1][6] As a tresero, he was also a member of Chano Pozo's Conjunto Azul, where he met Mongo Santamaría, who then played bongos.[1][6][5] He first performed in New York in the musical revue Tidbits at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway in 1946 backing up the Cuban dance team of Carmen and Rolando.[7] In 1948, he made his first U.S. recording with Machito and His Afro-Cubans on the tune "El Rey del Mambo", but he did not become a member of the band, since they already had Carlos Vidal Bolado on congas.When Chano Pozo was murdered in 1948 (he arrived in New York shortly after Cándido), Dizzy Gillespie contacted Camero and they began a fruitful collaboration that culminated in the 1954 recording of Afro."Jingo" was his most successful hit in the UK discos and clubs becoming a huge floor filler at that time and ever since as it has been covered by various artists since.With Gene Ammons With Art Blakey With Ray Bryant With Kenny Burrell With Duke Ellington With Don Elliott With Erroll Garner With Bennie Green With Grant Green With Dizzy Gillespie With Coleman Hawkins With Bobby Hutcherson With Illinois Jacquet With Jazz at the Philharmonic With Elvin Jones With Wynton Kelly With Stan Kenton With Benjamin Lapidus With The Lecuona Cuban Boys With Machito With Gary McFarland With Ellen McIlwaine With Wes Montgomery With Tito Puente With Lightnin' Rod With Sonny Rollins With Bobby Sanabria With Billy Taylor With Tico All-Stars With Randy Weston