GW Lisner Auditorium presents
The Conga Kings: Candido Camero, Carlos 'Patato' Valdes & Giovanni Hidalgo
The
Conga Kings are an 11-piece rumba group featuring three master congueros of
Afro-Cuban music: Candido Camero, an 83 year-old living history of Cuban Music;
Carlos "Patato" Valdes, crowned by Tito Puente as "the greatest
conguero alive", and Giovanni Hidalgo, the modern fusion master.
Concerts are a
celebration of modern rhythm and melody, of Jazz and Afro-Cuban sounds by the
likes of Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and more.
"Hidalgo
lightning fast, Candido ... rock solid and muscular, Patato a minimalist with an
unerring ear" - DownBeat
"The Conga Kings bears repeated listening just to
comprehend the nuanced interplay of this unrivaled percussive
triumvirate." - Rhythm Magazine
