- Aliases
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Joe Cuba and Orchestra
The Joe Cuba Sextet
Joe Cuba Sextet
Joe Cuba Sextette
- Real name
- Gilberto Miguel Calderón
- Born
- April 22, 1931
- Died
- February 15, 2009
- Country
- United States
- IPI
-
00007179394 1 work
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Conga drummer and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Widely regarded as the "Father of Latin boogaloo".
- Related
-
Nick Jiménez Pianist in the "Joe Cuba Sextet" (1953-1971)
Jaime Sabater Sabater was a member of Cuba's sextet
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