Chano Pozo

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Chano Pozo was a pioneering Afro-Cuban percussionist and composer whose collaboration with Dizzy Gillespie helped shape the development of Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf Afro-Cuban jazz musician
composer
human
percussionist
activeYearsEnd 1948
activeYearsStart 1930
birthName Luciano Pozo González
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
collaboratedWith Dizzy Gillespie
Machito
Mario Bauzá
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
dateOfBirth 1915-01-07
dateOfDeath 1948-12-02
diedIn El Rio Bar
ethnicGroup Afro-Cuban
familyName González
Pozo
genre Afro-Cuban jazz
Latin jazz
bebop
givenName Luciano
influenced Afro-Cuban jazz
linked to: Latin jazz

Latin jazz
modern jazz percussion
instrument batá drums
bongos
conga drums
knownFor integrating Afro-Cuban rhythms into bebop
pioneering Afro-Cuban jazz
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
memberOf Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra
movedTo New York City
name Chano Pozo
notableSongwriterFor Dizzy Gillespie
notableWork Manteca
Tin Tin Deo
occupation composer
percussionist
placeOfBirth Cuba
Havana
linked to: Havana, Cuba
placeOfDeath New York City
United States
religion Santería
residence Havana
linked to: Havana, Cuba

New York City
sexOrGender male

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Afro-Cubans notablePerson Chano Pozo
Dizzy Gillespie collaboratedWith Chano Pozo
Chano Pozo name Chano Pozo
John Birks Gillespie associatedAct Chano Pozo
subject linked to: John