Carmelo Garcia

Dominican drummer and timbales player. Born in 1935, he worked for a long time with Mongo Santamaria and in the 70s he formed the latin rock group Riot. Other artists with whom Carmelo recorded were, among others: [a59407], [a22851], [a309765], Luis Gasca, Don Ellis, Gary Saracho, Freddie Hubbard, Moacir Santos, Joe Henderson, [a268137], Stevie Wonder, [a3750], Mickey Hart, Bobby Bland, Hubert Laws. Died in April 2014.