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Cardona, Milton

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Personal name headingCardona, Milton
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Birth date1944-11-21
Death date2014-09-19
Place of birthMayagüez (P.R.)
Place of deathBronx (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activitySalsa (Music) Santeria music Latin jazz
Profession or occupationPercussionists Salsa musicians Jazz musicians Drummers (Musicians)
Found inVazquez, P. Breakout [SR] p1992: container (Milton Cardona)
Sanchez, D. Street scenes [SR] p1996: container (Milton Cardona, bata drums, shekere)
Bang, B. Prayer for peace [SR] p2010: container (Milton Cardona, conga, percussion) insert (b. 1944)
Wikipedia, Nov. 4, 2010 (Milton Cardona; b. Nov. 21 [no year given]; percussionist, vocalist, and conga player from Mayagüez, P.R.)
New York times (online), viewed Sept. 29, 2014 (in obituary published Sept. 26: Milton Cardona; b. Nov. 21, 1944, Mayagüez, P.R.; moved with his family to the South Bronx when he was 5 years old; d. Sept. 19, the Bronx, aged 69; Puerto Rican percussionist who was a mainstay of New York salsa, a studio musician on hundreds of albums, and a Santeria priest who introduced sacred traditional rhythms to secular audiences)