They said I can't play because Chicanos can't play congas.
"Poncho Sanchez", is a Mexican-American conguero (conga player), Latin jazz band leader, and salsa music/salsa singer. In 2000, Sanchez and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Records/Concord Picante album Latin Soul (album)/Latin Soul. Sanchez has performed with artists Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaría, Hugh Masekela, Clare Fischer and Tower of Power, among others.
More Poncho Sanchez on Wikipedia.I looked around and thought 'Man, I don't know about this?'
I started laughing and said 'Guys, I think (Latin jazz) is over the hump,'.
I've been doing this since way before the music became popular.
I started on timbales. I had a friend who had a little Latin jazz band. His father made the timbales for us, so I learned to play on them.
I had great parents and there was music in our house every day and my parents danced.
We played at the Village Gate.
It really started getting played in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s with Latin dances like the mambo, cha-cha-cha, samba, and bossa nova. Today, we have the salsa and meringue.
Are you Cuban or Puerto Rican?
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