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Rhythmic Center of the Percussion Universe |
Close
to one hundred of LP‘s top East Coast
endorsers gathered at 52 People for Progress
Park, in the Bronx, New York, on September 24,
2002 to help capture the spirit of Latin Music
on film. The shoot, which was intended to be
a quiet event, erupted into a spontaneous rumba
jam that could be heard for blocks.
The
participants included Candido
Camero, Carlos
"Patato" Valdez, José
Mangual, Jr., Milton
Cardona, Pucho
Brown, Mike
Collazo Sr., Jose
Madera, Eddie
Montalvo, Orlando
Marin, Jimmy
Delgado, Bobby
Sanabria, Pedro
Martinez, Chino
Nuñez, Chembo
Corniel, Steve
Kroon, Robby
Ameen, Memo
Acevedo, Robyn
Lobe, Ralph
Irizarry, Bashiri
Johnson, Daniel
Reyes, Erik
Velez, Jose
Jusino, Chris
Theberge, Dafnis
Prieto, Little
Johnny Rivero, Daniel
Sadownick, Ray
Diaz, Frankie
Vazquez, Mike Collazo Jr., Tyrome Govan,
Nicky Marrero, Jimmy Sabater, Ernie Ensley,
George Delgado, Harry Adorno, Orlando Vega,
Dave Valentin, Alfredo De La Fé, Victor
Hernandez, Vinnie Montalvo, Noey Matos, Luis
Campana, Tony Rosa, Ricky Salas, John Benitez,
Gilbert Colon, Jorge Gonzalez, Nicky Laboy,
Pucho Matos, Maximo Rodriguez, Camilo Gaetán,
Tony Fuentes, Gilmore Gomes, Tony Escapa, José
Grajales, Ricky Gonzalez, Willie Romero, Tony
Cintron, Walter Reyes, Mayra Casales, Vince
Cherico, Joesph Rodriguez, Israel Tannenbaum,
Ivan Renta, Renato Thoms, Johnny Griggs, Jesse
Perez, Raul Agraz, Willie Torres, Luis Bonilla,
Willie Villegas, and others.
Check
out photos of this historic event.
Gallery
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| The
park was the same location where the late
Tito Puente and other great percussionist
gathered to celebrate Tito's 65th birthday
some 15 years earlier. |
