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Santamaria, Mongo

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Personal name headingSantamaria, Mongo
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Variant(s)Santamaria, Raymon
Rodríguez, Ramón Santamaría
Santamaría Rodríguez, Ramón
Santamaria, Ramon
Associated countryCuba United States
LocatedManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1917-04-07
Death date2003-02-01
Place of birthHavana (Cuba)
Place of deathMiami (Fla.)
Profession or occupationPercussionists Band directors Jazz musicians Arrangers (Musicians)
Found inGillespie, D. Summertime [SR] p1981: label (Mongo Santamaria, Latin percussionist and bandleader)
His Soy yo [SR] p1987: label (Mongo Santamaria; Raymon Santamaria)
AmeriGrove (Santamaria, Mongo (Ramon), b. Havana, Cuba, 4/7/1922)
Gerard, C. Music from Cuba, 2001: p. 23 etc. (Mongo Santamaría; b. Apr. 7, 1917, Cuba; full name: Ramón Santamaría Rodríguez)
New York Times, Feb. 3, 2003 (Mongo Santamaria, 85, Cuban conga player and jazz percussionist; d. Feb. 1, 2003, Miami, Fla.; given name Ramon Santamaria)
Grove music online, November 11, 2019 (Santamaría, Mongo; born April 7, 1922, Havana, died February 1, 2003, Miami; Cuban percussionist, bandleader, composer, and arranger; moved to New York in 1950)
Social Security death index, November 11, 2019 (Ramon Santamaria; born April 7, 1917, died February 1, 2003; state of issue: New York; last known residence: Manhattan, New York)