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Cándido Camero Guerra (22 April 1921 – 7 November 2020), known simply as Cándido, was a Cuban conga and bongo player. He is considered a pioneer of Afro-Cuban jazz and an innovator in conga drumming. He was responsible for the embracing of the tuneable conga drum, the first high-profile congero to use multiple congas in combos, developing playing skills and techniques still widely used by percussionists, as Camero also assembled his own unique setup with congas, bongos, and other instruments... [more on Wikipedia]