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Jazz and folk percussionist (1925–2010)
Musical artist
Francisco Aguabella (October 10, 1925[1] Afro-Cuban percussionist whose career spanned folk, jazz, and dance bands. He was a prolific session musician and recorded seven albums as a leader.
Biography [ edit ]
In Cuba [ edit ]
Aguabella was born in Matanzas , Cuba. He demonstrated a special aptitude for drumming at an early age, and was initiated into several Afro-Cuban drumming traditions, including batá, iyesá , arará, olokún , and abakuá . Aguabella also grew up with rumba.
The first thing you hear when you wake up in the morning is the drums. It’s a national sport, as important as baseball. You see a bunch of guys on the street, and someone will start clapping his hands, or tapping out a rhythm on a Coke bottle with the bottle cap. Then they’ll be pounding on wooden crates, or a wall, or splashing in the puddles of water dripping out of an old air conditioner, or playfully tapping on somebody’s head. You can’t escape the rumba
In the United States [ edit ]
In the 1950s, he left Cuba to perform with Katherine Dunham in the Shelley Winters film Mambo [1] Peggy Lee for the next seven years. Francisco Aguabella is one of a handful of Cuban percussionists who came to the United States in the 1940s and 50s. Other notable Cuban percussionists who came to the U.S. during that time include Chano Pozo , Mongo Santamaria , Armando Peraza , Julito Collazo , Carlos Vidal Bolado and Modesto Durán. During his long career Aguabella performed in Europe, Australia, South America, and all over the United States (including the White House). Francisco enjoyed an extensive music performing and recording career and delighted many audiences with his masterful and powerful rhythms.
Francisco performed with many great jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie , Tito Puente , Mongo Santamaria , Frank Sinatra , Peggy Lee , Eddie Palmieri , Cachao , Lalo Schifrin , Cal Tjader , Nancy Wilson , Poncho Sanchez , Bebo Valdes , Carlos Santana , and numerous others. He is featured in the 1995 documentary Sworn to the Drum by filmmaker Les Blank , and is featured in a documentary titled Aguabella currently in production, directed by actor/filmmaker Orestes Matacena (The Mask Bitter Sugar
During the 1970s he was a member of the Jorge Santana Latin rock band Malo .[3] Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum workshop hosted by the Humboldt State University Office of Extended Education in Arcata, California . He lived in Los Angeles, California , where he taught Afro-Cuban drumming to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California, Los Angeles .
Aguabella died in Los Angeles on May 7, 2010, of a cancer-related illness.[4]
Instruments [ edit ]
Aguabella played congas , bata , quinto , coro, shekere , drums , claves , bongos , timbales , cajon and other assorted percussion instruments.[5]
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Francisco received numerous awards including a 1992 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts ,[6] Los Angeles County Arts Commission .
Discography [ edit ]
As leader [ edit ]
Dance the Latin Way (Fantasy, 1962)
Hitting Hard (Epsilon 1977)
Oriza: Santeria Religion Afrocubana (Ubiquity Records , 1993)
H2O (Cubop, 1999)
Agua de Cuba (Cubop, 1999)
Cubacan (Cubop, 2002)
Cantos a los Orishas (Pimienta, 2002)
Ochimini (Cubop, 2004)
As sideman [ edit ]
With Cachao
Master Sessions Volume I (Epic, 1994)
Master Sessions Volume II (Epic, 1995)
With Peggy Lee
With Malo
With Eddie Palmieri
Justicia
Lucumí, Macumba, Voodoo (Epic, 1978)
Sueño (Intuition, 1989)
Champagne (Tico, 1990)
With Tito Puente
Top Percussion (RCA, 1958)
El Rey (Concord Jazz Picante, 1984)
With Mongo Santamaria
Yambu (Fantasy, 1958)
Afro Roots (Prestige, 1972)
With Carlos Santana
With Santana
With Lalo Schifrin
With others
Louie Bellson , Walfredo de los Reyes , Ecue (Pablo, 1978)
Elmer Bernstein , Movie and TV Themes (Choreo, 1987)
Harry Betts , The Jazz Soul of Doctor Kildare (Choreo, 1962)
The Doors , Other Voices
Pete Escovedo , Flying South (Concord Picante, 1995)
Gil Fuller , Night Flight Pacific Jazz , 1966)
Dizzy Gillespie , The New Continent Limelight , 1965)
Neal Hefti , Jazz Pops (Reprise, 2007)
Joe Henderson , Canyon Lady (Milestone, 1975)
Bobby Hutcherson , Ambos Mundos
Imagination , Closer (RCA, 1987)
Barney Kessel , Contemporary Latin Rhythms (Reprise, 1963)
Hugh Masekela , Reconstruction
Dave Mackay , Vicky Hamilton , Dave Mackay & Vicky Hamilton (Impulse!, 1969)
Pages , Pages (Epic, 1978)
Emil Richards , Yazz Per Favore (Del-fi, 1961)
Paul Simon , The Rhythm of the Saints
Ernie Watts , The Wonder Bag (Vault, 1970)
Filmography [ edit ]
1954 — Mambo
1985 — Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (directed by Les Blank [7]
References [ edit ]
^ "Malo | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2020-03-17 .
^ Keith Thursby (May 9, 2010). "Francisco Aguabella dies at 84; Afro-Cuban percussionist" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 9, 2010 .
^ "Francisco Aguabella | Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2020-03-17 .
^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1992" . Arts.gov . National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020 .
^ "sworn to the drum" . November 13, 2006. Archived from the original on November 13, 2006. Retrieved 2020-03-17 .
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