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Bobby Matos

tim, 1941-2017 US, The Bronx
Musician of Jazz and Latin

Latin jazz percussionist, born on July 24, 1941 in the Bronx, New York, USA died November 11th 2017 in Los Angelas California. Bobby Matos began playing music beating on pots and pans in Grandma’s apartment and went on to backstage informal lessons with conga drum masters Patato Valdez and Mongo Santamaria. His first gigs were in the early ˜60’s “beat '" bohemian “ Greenwich Village Cafes, but he soon found himself playing in every type of venue; from Bronx dance halls to Carnegie Hall, to elegant supper clubs, Central Park Concerts, Off Broadway theaters, and ˜After Hours” clubs in El Barrio. He was inspired and encouraged to play timbales by Willie Bobo and Tito Puente, and in the late ˜60s attended the New School and Manhattan School of Music studying composition and arranging. Around this exciting time for Latin Music in N.Y., he recorded “My Latin Soul” for Philips Records. This recording eventually became a much prized cult classic influencing many ˜70’s and ˜80’s Acid Jazz groups on both sides of the Atlantic... After touring and recording with artists like Ben Vereen, Bette Midler, Fred Neil, Jim Croce, Ray Rivera, Joe Loco, Miriam Makeeba, and many others, Bobby relocated to Los Angeles where he began experimenting with an Afro Cuban Jazz band where he could blend (and bend) musical elements from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Wayne Shorter, Eddie Palmieri, and the rich legacy of Afro Cuban music. In the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, he recorded several albums, most notably 5 critically acclaimed CDs for Ubiquity Records’ “Cubop” label. He also produced CDs for Ray Armando, Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, Dave Pike, John Santos, and Jack Costanzo. In 2004 he released the critically acclaimed "Made By Hand", a live recording on the artist’s collective Life Force Jazz records, Bobby continues recording and releasing new music on the LifeForce Jazz imprint including "Acknowledgement" 2005, "Charanga Chango" 2006, and "Gratitude" 2007. Mambo, Bembe, and Jazz Latino represent healing energy, meditation, and medicine encoded as music. When musicians listen and communicate with each other and their audience on this spiritual level, the music becomes much more than a performance.

     
Instruments
  • Timbales
  • Congas
  • Percussion
  • Drums
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Latin
  • Electronic
  • R&B/Soul
Popular Tracks   
Philadelphia on Best of Bobby Matos by Bobby Matos
Mambo Maxims on My Latin Soul by Bobby Matos
Back to the Roots on Best of Bobby Matos by Bobby Matos
Guiro Electro - Rainer Truby Trio Remix on No Categories by Various Artists
Kimbisia on Charanga Chango by Bobby Matos
Chucho on Chango's Dance by Bobby Matos
Mambo Mona Mix X on Mambo Jazz by Bobby Matos & John Santos
I Want You (feat. Estaire Godinez) on Ritmo & Blues by Bobby Matos
Return To Spanish Harlem on El Barrio: Back On The Streets Of Spanish Harlem, Vol. 3 by Various Artists
Cuando Baila Ramon on Charanga Chango by Bobby Matos

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
The Best Of Bobby MatosBobby Matos2007Compil.
Mambo JazzBobby Matos And John Santos2001Album
SessionsBobby Matos1998Album
Collage - Afro Cuban JazzBobby Matos1993Compil.
Bobby Matos Heritage EnsembleBobby Matos1988Album
Return To Spanish Harlem / Already SatisfiedTony Middleton & Bobby Matos1968Single
Oye Mi Querida / EspañolitaManny Roman & Bobby Matos1968Single
Righteous Like A Brother (DJ's Wally & Swingsett Remix) / Guiro Electro (Rainer Trüby Trio Remix)DJs Wally & Swingsett / Bobby MatosAlbum
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