Died On This Date (February 15, 2009) Joe Cuba / Father Of Latin Boogaloo
themusicsover Joe Cuba (Born Gilberto Calderon)
April 22, 1931 – February 15, 2009
Joe Cuba was a Puerto Rican conga player who has been called the “Father of Latin Boogaloo.” He began playing professionally when he was 19 years old, and 12 years later, made his first recording. His career spanned nearly 60 years. During the ’60s, Cuba became very popular in New York City after he started merging the R&B with Afro-Cuban percussion. It became a style of music called Latin Boogaloo. Joe Cuba died as the result of a bacterial infection on February 15, 2009. He was 77 years old.
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