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'''Bongos''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''bongó'') are an [[Afro-Cubans|Afro-Cuban]] [[percussion instrument]] consisting of a pair of small open bottomed [[hand drum]]s of different sizes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Strain |first=James Allen |url= |title=A Dictionary for the Modern Percussionist and Drummer |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers]] |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-8108-8693-3 |page=23 |oclc=974035735 |quote=}}</ref> The pair consists of the larger ''hembra'' ({{Literally|female}}) and the smaller ''macho'' ({{Literally|male}}), which are joined by a wooden bridge. They are played with both hands and usually held between the legs, although in some cases, as in classical music, they may be played with sticks or mounted on stands.

 

The Latin music scene of New York, and the US in general, was primarily constituted by Puerto Ricans, and many influential ''bongoseros'' were Puerto Ricans who learned from Cubans. An early example is Rafael "Congo" Castro, who arrived in New York in 1924 and had a long career as a ''bongosero'' in Chicago until the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flores |first1=Carlos |date=1996 |title=Rafael "Congo" Castro: One of the Last Performers of his Generation |work=Kalinda! |issue=Spring 1996 |url=https://www.colum.edu/cbmr/PDF_folder/Kalinda1996spring.pdf}}</ref> In New York, many Puerto Rican ''bongoseros'' would go on to join the pioneering [[Afro-Cuban jazz]] ensembles of the time such as [[Machito]] and his Afro-Cubans, whose singles "Tangá" and "Mango mangüé"—considered the first examples of the genre—featured [[José Mangual Sr.|José Mangual Sr. "Buyú"]] on bongos. [[José Mangual Sr.|Mangual's]] prolific career was continued by his sons [[José Mangual Jr]]. and Luis Mangual, who played in a variety of [[Salsa (music)|salsa]] groups in the 1970s. The two biggest Latin orchestras of the 1950s in New York, led by [[Tito Puente]] and [[Tito Rodríguez]], were home to two generations of ''bongoseros'' represented by Johnny "La Vaca" Rodríguez and his son [[Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez]], of Puerto Rican ancestry.<ref name="Conzo">{{cite book |last1=Conzo |first1=Joe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QY_ygAACAAJ |title=Mambo Diablo: My Journey With Tito Puente |last2=Pérez |first2=David A. |date=2010 |publisher=Authorhouse |isbn=9781617130298 |location=Bloomington, IN |page=218}}</ref>

 

 

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