By Felix Contreras – NPR.org – Photo: Tom Pich | National Endowment for the Arts.

Photo: Cuban percussionist Cándido Camero turned 99 years young this month.

Cándido Camero, who turned 99 years old on April 22, was there in the room as Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians in New York rubbed shoulders and exchanged musical ideas, creating Latin jazz. On this episode of Alt.Latino, we pull an interview from the archives with the great Cuban percussionist.

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