First cuban conga player in the US?
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:48 pm
Just read a post on facebook
"The first conga drummer to play with an Afro-Cuban orchestra in the U.S. is Carlos Vidal from Havana, who joined Machito in 1940. Carlos was also the first person to record a true rumba recording in the U.S. In the 1960s he made a great recording with the Jazz Crusaders titled "Chile Con Soul." Carlos died about ten years ago in California. He also performed and recorded with Stan Kenton, Perez Prado and Shorty Rogers."
True?
"The first conga drummer to play with an Afro-Cuban orchestra in the U.S. is Carlos Vidal from Havana, who joined Machito in 1940. Carlos was also the first person to record a true rumba recording in the U.S. In the 1960s he made a great recording with the Jazz Crusaders titled "Chile Con Soul." Carlos died about ten years ago in California. He also performed and recorded with Stan Kenton, Perez Prado and Shorty Rogers."
True?