... WAS AN AMERICAN CONGUERO, PERCUSSIONIST
AND PROMINENT PLAYER IN THE CUBOP MOVEMENT.
MARTINEZ APPEARED ON MANY IMPORTANT RECORDINGS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES DURING
THAT PERIOD...
- 1948 he replaced Chano Pozo in Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra
- 1949 he began performing with Benny Goodmann's Bebop Orchestra
- 1953 he recorded with Art Blakey
- 1957 he became a bandleader and recorded his debut album Palo Congo
- 1967 he moved to Sweden and recorded with Francy Boland-Kenny Clarke big band
AFRO TEMPLE