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-'''Daniel Ponce''' (July 21, 1953 – March 14, 2013) was a Cuban-American [[jazz]] percussionist.+'''Daniel Ponce''' (July 21, 1953 – March 14, 2013) was a [[Cuban-American]] [[percussionist]]. His album ''[[New York Now!]]'' (1983) on [[Celluloid Records]] features one of his [[conga]] solos.
Ponce played locally in Havana from age 11 and played percussion in a group called Watusi. He was [[exile]]d from Cuba in 1980 and fled to New York City, soon after working there with [[Paquito D'Rivera]], [[José Fajardo (musician)|Jose Fajardo]], [[Andy González (musician)|Andy Gonzalez]], [[Jerry Gonzalez]], and [[Eddie Palmieri]]. In 1982 he played three [[batá drum]]s as a [[session musician]] for the [[Herbie Hancock]] song "[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]". Producer [[Bill Laswell]] said "Ponce essentially was a musician/priest, and all the rhythms he would play on those batá drums were associated with a Yoruba deity. It was basically [[Santeria]]." Ponce played locally in Havana from age 11 and played percussion in a group called Watusi. He was [[exile]]d from Cuba in 1980 and fled to New York City, soon after working there with [[Paquito D'Rivera]], [[José Fajardo (musician)|Jose Fajardo]], [[Andy González (musician)|Andy Gonzalez]], [[Jerry Gonzalez]], and [[Eddie Palmieri]]. In 1982 he played three [[batá drum]]s as a [[session musician]] for the [[Herbie Hancock]] song "[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]". Producer [[Bill Laswell]] said "Ponce essentially was a musician/priest, and all the rhythms he would play on those batá drums were associated with a Yoruba deity. It was basically [[Santeria]]."
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Daniel Ponce (July 21, 1953 – March 14, 2013) was a Cuban-American percussionist. His album New York Now! (1983) on Celluloid Records features one of his conga solos.

Ponce played locally in Havana from age 11 and played percussion in a group called Watusi. He was exiled from Cuba in 1980 and fled to New York City, soon after working there with Paquito D'Rivera, Jose Fajardo, Andy Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez, and Eddie Palmieri. In 1982 he played three batá drums as a session musician for the Herbie Hancock song "Rockit". Producer Bill Laswell said "Ponce essentially was a musician/priest, and all the rhythms he would play on those batá drums were associated with a Yoruba deity. It was basically Santeria."

After "Rockit" was a major hit in 1983, Ponce began recording under his own name, and soon after worked in jazz idioms with Laswell, Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Hilton Ruiz, and Bobby McFerrin. He also did work as a session musician and as a touring percussionist, for, among others, Laurie Anderson, Mick Jagger, and Yoko Ono.

He died on March 14, 2013, in Miami, Florida.

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