During our visit to Cuba on April, 2016 we had to opportunity to visit Matanzas, Cuba.We are forever grateful for Los Muñequitos de Matanzas opening their home to us.
Percussionists Eliel Lazo & Marvin Diz, created this descarga called Talking on a tightrope.
Percussionist Eliel Lazo & Marvin Diz, Rubby Guzman on güira, and with Miguel Vargas on keys created this tune called How To Be Funky.
This video tells of how the first bongo was conceived of and created. The first hardware was created in a company building military instrumentation. That very same bongo was recreated in 2014 as the 50th Anniversary model that has already become the go to bongo by the leading players who have passed through the congahead.com studio.
Giovanni Hidalgo called his friends Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez, Nelson Gonzalez, David Oquendo, and Jose Armando Gola to jam at Congahead Studios performing Tropical & Raíces Latinas.