Preston Epps, a percussionist whose 1959 instrumental "Bongo Rock" helped introduce bongos and conga drums to mainstream pop, has died. He was 88. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Preston Epps, a ...

"I'm the very first local bongo player, conga player, and timbales player . . . Nobody played those before me." So says the veteran entertainer Freeman 'King' Trott. Young Freeman heard the music of ...

He brought Afro-Cuban influences to American ensembles and dazzled audiences with his virtuosic multiple-drum technique. By Neil Genzlinger “When you talk about percussion, particularly the evolution ...