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Artist: Bobby Matos: mp3 download    Genre(s):  Latin     Discography:      Made by Hand    Year: 2004    Tracks: 8      Chango's Dance    Year: 1995    Tracks: 17      Live At Moca    Year:     Tracks: 9      Charanga Chango    Year:     Tracks: 11 Percussionist Bobby Matos is 1 of the to the highest degree highly respected drummers in the total Afro-Cuban/Latin jazz music genre. Born in the Bronx, New York City, on July 24, 1941, Matos came from a tuneful syndicate, but was more than than concerned ab initio in terpsichore than performing an musical instrument. Matos didn't start to take on drumming seriously until his late teens, spell likewise acquisition how to take on conga in the basements of churches in Harlem, as he looked up to such artists as Tito Puente for ingestion. It was around this time that Matos conjugate his first band, Los Congueros, comprised alone of conga, flute, and bass. By the late '60s, Matos had gradational to bandleader (simply now as the salsa campaign began to bring home the bacon broad steam), resulting in 1 of his best-known songs, "My Latin Soul," produced by Joe Cain, a well-thought-of figure in Latin jazz. But instead of continuing on as bandleader, Matos distinct to focus rigorously on his percussion section, as he worked as a sideman for the adjacent two decades. By the '80s, Matos had relocated to California and began to record new real. In the '90s, he issued albums on a even basis: 1993's Collage Afro Cuban Jazz, 1995's Chango Dance, 1996's Footprints, 1997's My Latin Soul, 1998's Sessions (a compilation of some roger Sessions Matos played on over a 14-year flow), 1999's Live at M.O.C.A., and 2001's Mambo Jazz, the latter of which was a collaborationism with dude groundless words drummer John Santos.