bongo player

Percussion Profiles: Johnny Rodriguez “Dandy”

Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez (1945–2024) was one of the most respected and recorded bongoseros in the history of Latin music — the long-time bongo player for Tito Puente, a co-founder of Típica 73, and a first-call studio percussionist across the entire Fania era.

Percussion Profiles: Armando Peraza

Armando Peraza (1924–2014) was one of the most traveled and widely heard percussionists in the history of Latin music — a Cuban master of conga and bongo whose career spanned nearly seven decades and ranged from Havana's conjunto scene to the stadiums of Santana.