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Jose Mangual Sr. was born on March 18, 1924  in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. He began playing percussion at the age of ten and by 1938 moved to New York at the age of 14. In 1952 he began playing timbales and percussion for Machito’s Orchestra.

In the 1950s Mangual played with the godfather of modern-day salsa Arsenio Rodriguez and with Latin jazz pioneer Cal Tjader. Then he joined Erroll Gardner’s band with whom he traveled the world, playing jazz for international audiences. During this time he performed and recorded with Cannonball Adderley, Sarah Vaughn, Herbie Mann. and appeared on Count Basie’s April in Paris, Miles Davis’ Sketches of Spain, Dizzy Gillespie’s Talkin’ Verve, Tito Puente’s Babarabatiri, Willie Bobo’s Spanish Grease, Gato Barbieri’s Viva Emiliano Zapata, as well as on multiple Charlie Parker’s compilations.

He has also performed with Dexter Gordon, Carmen McRae, Jorge Dalto, Stan Getz, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Tito Rodriguez, Xavier Cugat, Tito Puente and Chano Pozo.

In the 1970s, Mangual recorded two instructional albums Buyú and José Mangual* & Carlos “Patato” Valdez* – Understanding Latin Rhythms Vol. 1 with Carlos “Patato” Valdez for the drum maker Latin Percussion.

In 1986 he co-wrote and recorded Los Mangual – Una Dinastia with his sons Jose, Jr. and Luis Mangual. In 2001 he was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.

Percussionist Jose Mangual Sr., world renowned for his bongo drum performances and recordings during the 1940s and 1950s, died on September 4, 1998 in New York City.

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SUBA TRIO

Global Rhythms: Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita SUBA Trio

The Atlantic Ocean separates Cuba and Senegal, the respective birthplaces of piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and kora master Seckou Keita, a distance diminished by their shared ancestral connection to Africa.

Recorded during lockdown and released in October 2021, Sosa and Keita’s second album SUBA is a hymn to hope, to a new dawn of compassion and real change in a post-pandemic world, a visceral reiteration of humanity’s perennial prayer for peace and unity. Joining Omar and Seckou in the studio and for live performances is the inimitable Venezuelan artist Gustavo Ovalles.

Tickets: $25.00~$50.00

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Joseph A. Venuto, Jr. was born on  June 20, 1929 in Bronx, New York into an Italian immigrant family where he received his first drum kit from his grandfather. Having had lessons with Henry Adler, he moved on to Phil Kraus to learn mallet percussion. After earning a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, he became a member of the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, with whom he made his first recordings Doodletown Races on the RCA label in 1953. He was a featured soloist with the orchestra on Solo for Joe and Swingcussion. The DownBeat Reader’s Poll voted him the best vibraphonist that year.

From the mid-1950s, Venuto worked with Billy Byers in the Westchester Workshop, the Kent Harian Orchestra, Bobby Dukoff, and the Johnny Richards Orchestra before joining Radio City Music Hall as a session musician in the recording and television studios. By 1959 he recorded his debut album for Everest Records under his own name.

Between 1953 and 1975 Joe was involved in 104 recording sessions with Jack Teagarden, Kenyon Hopkins, Rex Stewart, The Creed Taylor Orchestra, Irene Kral/Al Cohn Orchestra, Mary Ann McCall, Don Costa, Hal Mooney, Ruth Brown, Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, LaVern Baker, Budd Johnson, Marion Montgomery, Benny Goodman, Shirley Scott, Solomon Burke, Gary McFarland, Johnny Hodges, Hank Jones/Oliver Nelson, and numerous more.

the early 1970s when he was in his Forties, he left New York City and moved to Reno, Nevada. He met, married, performed and recorded with his wife, harpist Bev Colgan, in a harp/vibes duo. Percussionist Joe Venuto, who also played the vibraphone, marimba, bongos and drums, transitioned on Feb. 14, 2019 at age 89.

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