It’s impossible to listen to Brijean’s new album Feelings and not miss big speakers, clinking glasses and neon lights. Nimble conga rhythms guide psychedelic explorations of disco and jazz fusion, ...

Just three percussion instruments – the conga, bongos and timbales – transform a big band into a Latin ensemble full of upbeat melodies and unexpected rhythms. The fusion occurs every Thursday night ...

CONGA PLAYER Chano Pozo didn’t set foot in New York until he was 31 years old, and he wasn’t yet 34 when he died on the floor of a Harlem bar. He didn’t live here long enough to learn to speak English ...

Gloria Estefan discusses the strong African roots of Cuban music and performs Miami Sound Machine’s first hit single, “Conga.” Gloria Estefan: For me, it took a long time even to learn about the ...

This extra rhythm in the brain wave does not occur when the song is deliberately misaligned with the conga beat. A similar example of the brain creating a beat comes from Brainvolts alum Kimi Lee, who ...

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Oluwatayo Oluwadamilare Ajayi aka Tayo Conga, is a living testament to the power of rhythm as a cultural force. Born and bred in Lagos, but hails from Ikogosi Ekiti State, he has spent over a decade ...

While most talented jazz players continue to evolve, very few enter into a revolution. That's what happened four decades ago with Randy Weston. Weston (b. 1926) made a series of recordings in the '50s ...