Mongo Santamaría

Known for: Acting

Born 07/04/1917

Died 2003-02-01

Place of birth Havana, Cuba

Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s.

Filmography

Film ★ 7,6

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Self - Performer (archive footage)

2021

Film ★ 10,0

Salsa

1976

Film ★ 8,0

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Self (archive footage)

2021