Francisco Aguabella

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Francisco Aguabella
Background information
Born	August 28, 1925 (1925-08-28) (age 82) Matanzas, Cuba)
Genre(s)	jazz
Instrument(s)	conga drums
Website	http://www.franciscoaguabella.com

Francisco Aguabella (Born on 28 August 1925 in Matanzas, Cuba) is an Afro-Cuban jazz conga player, well-known on the jazz scene since the 1950s. In 1992 he won a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles, California where he teaches Afro-Cuban drumming to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California, Los Angeles.

[edit] Discography

• Agua de Cuba
• H2O
• Cubacan
• Cantos a los Orishas
• Ochimini

[edit] Films

• 1954 - Mambo
• 1985 - Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella. Directed by Les Blank.[1]

[edit] External links

• Official Website of Francisco Aguabella

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