For the baseball player, see Willie Bobo (baseball).
Willie Bobo
Background information
Birth name
William Correa
Born
(1934-02-28)February 28, 1934 East Harlem, New York, U.S.
Died
September 15, 1983(1983-09-15) (aged 49)
Genres
Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, Boogaloo
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Timbales, conga, various percussion instruments
Musical artist
William Correa (February 28, 1934[1] – September 15, 1983),[2] better known by his stage name Willie Bobo, was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of Latino music and was noted for his versatility as an authentic Latin percussionist as well as a jazz drummer easily moving stylistically from jazz, Latin and rhythm and blues music.[3][1]
^ abColin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 284/5. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^""Willie Bobo - Herencia Latina"". Herencialatina.com. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
^Potter, Jeff (January 20, 2002). "Bobo, Willie". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.j050000. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
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musicians on the album, titled River, included Conrad Isidore on drums and WillieBobo on percussion. Produced by Reid, engineered by Tom Dowd, and mixed by...
including Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Dean Martin, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, and WillieBobo. Out of Sight was released on June 26, 1998, in 2,106 theaters and grossed...
(including Jackson Browne, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, Thee Midniters, WillieBobo, and Lalo Guerrero) with one song written by Hidalgo and Pérez, the title...
orchestras also recorded the occasional boogaloo, including Tito Rodríguez, WillieBobo, Tito Puente and arranger, composer Ray Santos and his orchestra, which...
played claves alongside Machito's maracas. Beginning in 1947, teenager WillieBobo helped move the band's gear to gigs in Upper Manhattan, just so he could...
Clark and John Adriano Acea, bassist Wendell Marshall and percussionists WillieBobo, Garvin Masseaux and “Patato” Valdes. The Allmusic review by Michael...
the nascent Latin jazz sound. In New York he met Mongo Santamaría and WillieBobo who were members of Tito Puente's orchestra at the time. Tjader soon...
recording and touring career in the early 1960s with Mongo Santamaria, WillieBobo, Blue Mitchell, Herbie Mann, and Stan Getz. In 1966, he recorded his...
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