Cándido Camero Guerra (22April 19217November 2020), known simply as Cándido, was a Cuban

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and bongo player. He is considered a pioneer of

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and an innovator in conga drumming. He was responsible for the embracing of the tuneable conga drum, the first to play multiple congas developing the techniques that all players use today, as well as the combination of congas, bongos, and other instruments such as the foot-operated

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, an attached guiro, all played by just one person. Thus he is the creator of the multiple percussion set-up. After moving to

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in 1946, Camero played with

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and

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, and from 1956 he recorded several albums as a leader. His biggest success came in 1979 with his

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recordings for Salsoul. He continued to perform until the late 2010s, recording several albums for the

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label

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, including ''Inolvidable'', with

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, which earned him a nomination at the

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Early life and family

Cándido Camero Guerra was born in the barrio known as El Cerro, in

Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. His interest in music began at the age of 4, when his maternal uncle Andrés, a professional ''bongosero'' for the Septeto Segundo Nacional, taught him to play bongos on condensed milk cans. At a very young age, he moved with his family to Cerro, a neighborhood in Havana. Camero's father taught him how to play the

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, a type of Cuban guitar. While focusing on the tres, he also learned to play bass and percussion, mostly bongo and conga. In 1935, at the age of 14, Camero began to play tres professionally for various

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ensembles such as Gloria Habanera, Sonora Piñón and Conjunto Segundo de

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(Arsenio's backup band). The increasing popularity of the conga drums—promoted primarily by Arsenio's ''conjunto''—and the fact that Camero could not read sheet music, led him to switch to the conga, which became his primary instrument, although he would also record with other percussion instruments, especially the bongó.

Early career

Early in his career, Camero played as ''conguero'' and ''bongosero'' for the Cuban radio stations Radio Progresso and Radio CMQ (for 6 years) and for the

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(also for 6 years). As a ''tresero'', he was also a member of

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's Conjunto Azul, where he met

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, who then played bongos. He moved to New York City in 1946, after first arriving in the city on a tour. He first performed in New York in the musical revue ''Tidbits'' at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway in 1946 backing up the Cuban dance team of Carmen and Rolando.

Influence

At the ''Tidbits'' show, Camero pioneered the playing of two conga drums simultaneously. In a traditional context in the Cuban rumba and conga line carnaval processional music, multiple drummers play a single conga. Camero would be the first to develop the technique to play various parts that originally individual single players would play in a group. He would recreate this by playing the various parts himself on multiple tuned drums. He also demonstrated to audiences for the first time the remarkable ability to play a steady rhythm with one hand while being able to improvise freely with the other. Thus he became the first to apply the technique of co-ordinated independence to the conga drums. He would later apply the technique to multiple percussion setups he would devise. For example expanding the number of congas to three or more combining them with other instruments such as the bongó. and inventing a foot-operated cowbell and a mountable guiro. These innovations and techniques were later adapted by other musicians leading to the manufacturer of various apparatuses to facilitate more expansive setups. His being the first to play multiple congas was quickly adapted by several of his fellow countryman like Carlos "Patato" Valdés and became the norm giving rise to the standard set of tuneable congas that are commonly used today. In 1957 he was also the first to champion the use of the fiberglass conga drum when he began playing publicly fiberglass drums made for him by New York City based Puerto Rican artisan and boat builder Frank Mesa.

Later career

In 1948, he made his first U.S. recording with

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and His

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on the tune "El Rey del Mambo", but he did not become a member of the band, since they already had Carlos Vidal Bolado on congas. When Chano Pozo was murdered in 1948 (he arrived in New York shortly after Cándido),

contacted Camero and they began a fruitful collaboration that culminated in the 1954 recording of ''

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''. Camero was also a member of the

Trio, with whom he recorded in 1953–54, and in 1954 he performed and recorded with

. As one of the best known congueros in the U.S., Camero performed on variety shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. Camero recorded several albums as a leader for

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in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the early 1970s, he recorded for the independent jazz label

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, before joining the dance music record company Salsoul. With the latter, Camero recorded two albums which were relatively successful and remain in rotation by DJs in the U.S. In 1979, he released ''Jingo'', a disco-oriented track written by Babatunde Olatunji and recorded on Salsoul Records; but released in the UK by EMI under the Salsoul Label as the B side to "Dancing and Prancing" as the A side. This track was also released as a 12" single in June, 1981 in the UK on the Excalibur Record label / PRT Precision Records and Tape, running for over 9 minutes, and reached #55 in the BBC Top 75 chart. "Jingo" was his most successful hit in the UK discos and clubs becoming a huge floor filler at that time and ever since as it has been covered by various artists since. In the 2000s, Camero was a member of the Conga Kings alongside Patato and

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. They recorded two albums for Chesky. He recorded another album for Chesky in 2004, ''Inolvidable'', with

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, the long-time lead singer for

. This album earned a

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nomination. In 2014, Camero recorded his last album, ''The Master'', also for Chesky. He continued to perform in jazz clubs in New York until the late 2010s.

Death

Camero died on 7 November 2020, at his home in New York. He was 99.

Honors

Camero's album ''Inolvidable'' was nominated for

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in 2004. He received the

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Jazz Masters Award in 2008. He received a

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the following year. A documentary about Camero titled ''Candido: Hands of Fire'' was released in 2006.

Discography

Source: AllMusic, unless otherwise stated.

As leader: selected examples

* ''Candido'' featuring

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(

, 1956) * ''Calypso Dance Party'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * ''The Volcanic'' (ABC-Paramount, 1957) * ''In Indigo'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958) * ''Latin Fire (The Big Beat of Candido)'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959) * ''Conga Soul'' (

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, 1962) * ''Candido's Comparsa'' (ABC-Paramount, 1963) * ''Brujerías de Candido / Candido's Latin McGuffa's Dust'' (Tico Records, 1966) * ''Thousand Finger Man'' ( Solid State, 1969, reissued by

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) * ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1970) * ''Drum Fever'' (

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, 1973) * ''Dancin' and Prancin' '' ( Salsoul, 1979) * ''Candy's Funk'' (Salsoul, 1979) * ''The Conga Kings'' ( Chesky, 2000) – with

and Carlos "Patato" Valdés * ''Jazz Descargas'' (Chesky, 2001) – with

and Carlos "Patato" Valdés * ''Inolvidable'' (Chesky, 2004) – with Graciela * ''Hands of Fire/Manos de fuego'' (Live) (Latin Jazz USA, 2008) * ''The Master'' (Chesky, 2014)

As sideman: selected examples

With

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*'' The Happy Blues'' (Prestige, 1956) *''

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'' (Prestige, 1969) With

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* '' I Wanna Be Around...'' (Columbia, 1963) With

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*'' Drum Suite'' (Columbia, 1957) With

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*'' Ray Bryant Trio'' (Epic, 1956) With

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*'' Introducing Kenny Burrell'' (Blue Note, 1956) With

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*'' A Drum Is a Woman'' ( Columbia, 1956) With Don Elliott *''Jamaica Jazz'' (ABC-Paramount, 1958) With

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*''Mambo Moves Garner'' (Mercury, 1954) With

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*'' Bennie Green Blows His Horn'' (Prestige, 1955) With

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*'' His Majesty King Funk'' (Verve, 1965) With

*''

'' ( Norgran, 1954) *'' Gillespiana'' (

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, 1960) *'' The Melody Lingers On'' (

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, 1966) With

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*'' The Hawk Talks'' (Decca, 1955) With

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*'' Now!'' (Blue Note, 1969) With

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*''

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'' (Argo, 1965) With

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*''Jazz at the Philharmonic in Europe'' (Verve, 1963) With

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*'' Poly-Currents'' (Blue Note, 1969) *''

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'' (Blue Note, 1970) *'' New Agenda'' (

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, 1975) With

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*'' It's All Right!'' (Verve, 1964) With

*'' Kenton Showcase'' (Capitol, 1954) With Benjamin Lapidus *''Ochosi Blues - Latin, Soul, Organ Jazz - Benjamin Lapidus & Kari B3'' (2014) With The

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*''Dance Along with the Lecuona Cuban Boys'' (ABC-Paramount, 1959) With

* ''

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'' (Roulette, 1958) With

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*'' The In Sound'' (Verve, 1965) With Ellen McIlwaine *'' Honky Tonk Angel'' (Polydor, 1972) *''

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'' (Polydor, 1973) With

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*'' Bumpin''' (1965) With

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* ''Cuban Carnival'' (RCA, 1956) With

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* '' Hustlers Convention'' (Celluloid, 1973) With

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*''

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'' (

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, 1962) With Bobby Sanabria *''Afro-Cuban Dream: Live & in Clave!!! Bobby Sanabria Big Band'' (Arabesque, 2000) *''50 Years of Mambo - A Tribute to Damaso Perez Prado - The Mambo All Stars Orchestra'' (Mambo Maniacs, 2003) *''Kenya Revisited Live!!! Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria'' (Jazzheads, 2008) With

*'' The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido'' (

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, 1955) With Tico All-Stars *'' Descargas at the Village Gate'' (Tico, 1966) With

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*'' Uhuru Afrika'' (Roulette, 1960) *'' Tanjah'' (Polydor, 1973)

References

Sources

External links

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Candido Camero Interview
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