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-'''Manny Oquendo''' (January 1, 1931 - March 25, 2009) was an American [[percussion]]ist. His main instrument was the [[timbales]], and was strongly influenced by [[Cuba]]n drumming. He especially holds interest as the percussionist with own [[Conjunto Libre]] and [[Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino]]. His work can be classified as [[latin jazz]], but he expanded the limits of his own genre by working with such artists as [[August Darnell]] and [[DJ Spooky]]. He had a worldwide hit with "[[Little Sunflower]]" in 1983.+[[Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental Nuevayorquino]] is an American Latin jazz ensemble active in the 1970s and 1980s, releasing records via Saloul Records.
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-Oquendo grew up in [[New York]], and began studying percussion in 1945. He worked in the bands of tropical and Latin music ensembles such as [[Carlos Valero]], [[Luis del Campo]], [[Juan "El Boy" Torres]], [[Chano Pozo]], [[Jose Budet]], [[Juanito Sanabria]], [[Marcelino Guerra]], [[Jose Curbelo]], and [[Pupi Campo]]. In 1950, he became the [[bongo drum|bongo]] player for [[Tito Puente]]. Following this he played with [[Tito Rodriquez]] in 1954 and [[Vincentico Valdes]] in 1955. He worked freelance in New York before joining [[Eddie Palmieri]]'s ''La Perfecta'' orchestra in 1962. He worked with his own group, ''Conjunto Libre'' (later simply ''Libre''), from 1974, and had a worldwide hit with "[[Little Sunflower]]" in 1983.+
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-*''Con Salsa, Con Ritmo'' ([[Salsoul Records]], 1976)+
-*''Con Salsa, Con Ritmo Vol. 2'' (Salsoul, 1979)+
-*''Los Lideres de la Salsa'' (Salsoul, 1979)+
-*''Incredible'' (Salsoul, 1981)+
-*''Ritmo, Sonido, y Estilo'' ([[Montuno Records]], 1983)+
-*''Mejor que Nunca'' ([[Milestone Records]], 1994)+
-*''Muevete!'' (Milestone, 1996)+
-*''Ahora'' (Milestone, 1999)+
-*''Tiene Calidad, Vol. 2'' (Salsoul, 1999)+
-*''Libre'' (Eden Ways, 1999)+
-*''Libre Increible'' ([[Sony Records]], 2000)+
-*''Los New Yorkinos'' (Milestone, 2000)+
-*''Manny Oquendo y su Conjunto Libre'' (Eden Ways, 2000)+
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