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Sabu Martinez

Sabu Martinez has been played on NTS over 40 times, featured on 40 episodes and was first played on 30 March 2014.

Louis "Sabu" Martinez was one of the most prolific conga players in the history of Afro-Cuban music. In addition to his own albums, Martinez recorded with such influential jazz musicians as Dizzy Gillespie, Horace Silver, Buddy DeFranco, J.J. Johnson, Louis Bellson, Art Farmer, and Art Blakey, and jazz vocalists including Tony Bennett and Sammy Davis, Jr. Emigrating to Sweden in 1967, he continued to apply his highly melodic rhythms to a lengthy list of recordings by top-notch Swedish performers.

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Sabu Martinez, Sahib Shihab
Mellotronen2008
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Sabu Martinez, Sahib ShihabMellotronen2008
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The Distorted Sioux Indian
Sabu Martinez, Sahib Shihab
Mellotronen2008
The Distorted Sioux Indian
Sabu Martinez, Sahib ShihabMellotronen2008
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Hotel Alyssa-Sousse, Tunisia
Sabu Martinez
Grammofonverket1973
Hotel Alyssa-Sousse, Tunisia
Sabu MartinezGrammofonverket1973
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Afro Temple
Sabu Martinez
Grammofonverket1973
Afro Temple
Sabu MartinezGrammofonverket1973
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Choferito-Plena
Sabu
Blue Note1957
Choferito-Plena
SabuBlue Note1957
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Ghandi's Candies
Sabu Martinez, Sahib Shihab
Mellotronen2008
Ghandi's Candies
Sabu Martinez, Sahib ShihabMellotronen2008
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Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso
Sabu
Blue Note1957
Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso
SabuBlue Note1957
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Söndagsbladet Dålig
Sabu Martinez, Sahib Shihab
Mellotronen2008
Söndagsbladet Dålig
Sabu Martinez, Sahib ShihabMellotronen2008
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My Son Johnny And Me
Sabu Martinez
Grammofonverket1973
My Son Johnny And Me
Sabu MartinezGrammofonverket1973
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Wounded Knee
Sabu Martinez
Grammofonverket1973
Wounded Knee
Sabu MartinezGrammofonverket1973
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