ArtistInfo

Mandrill

Band, *1970 US, Brooklyn
R&B/Soul

Mandrill is an American multi-genre band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1968. The band was seven members: Carlos Wilson (trombone, vocals), Lou Wilson (trumpet, vocals) and Ric Wilson (sax, vocals). The brothers were born in Panama and grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. Claude 'Coffee' Cave II (keyboards, percussion, vocals, Bundy Cenac on bass for one album "Mandrill" replaced by Fudgie Kae Solomon in 1972 (bass, vocals), Charles Padro (drums, percussion, vocals) for two albums, replaced by Neftali Santiago in 1972 (drums, percussion, vocals), Omar Mesa (guitar, vocals) replaced by Doug Rodriguez in 1974 (lead guitar, vocals). This completed the Mandrill line-up from the Polydor years 1970–1975 which make up the Mandrill sound. Other members of the band in later yea

Members

	David Conley fl *1953 US
	Carlos Wilson US
	Claude "Coffee" Cave
	Louis Wilson voc, tr, perc, cng *2013
	Ric Wilson voc, perc
	Neftali Santiago dr, voc US
	Fudgie Kae b, acg, perc, voc
	Bundie Cenac b, perc, voc
	Wilfredo "Wolf" Wilson voc, perc, cng
	Juaquin Jessup perc, voc, g
	Omar Mesa voc, perc
	Charles Padro dr, perc, voc