Willie Bobo King Conga DVD –  

Raised in NYC’s Spanish Harlem neighborhood, William Bobo Correa (19341983) was one of the premiere Jazz & Latin percussionists of the 1960s and 70s, most recognized for playing Afro-Cuban Jazz. Correa joined Tito Puentes band at the age of 19, where he was supposedly given his stage name, Willie Bobo, by piano virtuoso Mary Lou Williams after seeing him perform. Bobo played as a sideman for Dizzy Gillespie, but was given his first mainstream exposure after playing on the George Shearing alb…