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Peraza, Armando, 1924-2014

LC control no.n 91089011
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Personal name headingPeraza, Armando, 1924-2014
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Variant(s)Perazo, Armando, 1924-2014
Perazza, Armando, 1924-2014
Peraza, Armando, 1924-
Birth date19240530
Death date20140414
Place of birthHavana (Cuba)
Place of deathSouth San Francisco (Calif.)
Profession or occupationPercussionist
Found inGeorge Shearing Quintet. The Shearing spell [SR] 1955: container (Armando Peraza)
Byrd, D. Music from the Third World [SR] 197-?: container (Armando Perazo)
Cal Tjader Quintet. Latin + jazz = Cal Tjader [SR], p1990: label (Armando Perazza)
Wikipedia, Oct. 27, 2009 (Armando Peraza; b. Havana Cuba, ca. May 30, 1924; Latin jazz percussionist)
Los Angeles times WWW site, Apr. 17, 2014 (in obituary dated Apr. 15, 2014: Armando Peraza; d. Monday [Apr. 14, 2014], South San Francisco; officially, Peraza was 89, but he admitted that he made up a birth date to give to authorities when he came to the United States in the late 1940s and was never sure of his exact age; Peraza was born, according to public records, in Havana on May 30, 1924, though his wife said it could have been as early as 1919; drummer)