Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo

Willie Bobo

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Latest Release

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  • King Conga
  • September 2023
  • 7 Songs

Top Songs

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Spanish Grease
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Tuxedo Junction
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Dindi
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Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries
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Evil Ways [Karriem Riggins Remix]

Albums

  • Thus Spake Zarathustra

    Sep 2023 • 5 songs

  • Keep That Same Old Feeling

    Aug 2023 • 4 songs

  • Bobo's Theme

    Aug 2023 • 3 songs

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Willie Bobo

Biography

Willie Bobo was one of the great Latin percussionists of his time, a relentless swinger on the congas and timbales, a flamboyant showman onstage, and an engaging if modestly endowed singer. He also made serious inroads into the pop, R&B and straight jazz worlds, and he always said that his favorite song was Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Dindi." Growing up in Spanish Harlem, Bobo began on the bongos at age 14, only to find himself performing with Perez Prado a year later, studying with Mongo Santamaria while serving as his translator, and joining Tito Puente for a four-year stint at ...
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