Tata Güines

  • Listeners

    2,337

  • Scrobbles

    9,069

  • Listeners

    2,337

  • Scrobbles

    9,069

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
30 June 1930
Born In
Mayabeque, Cuba
Died
4 February 2008 (aged 77)
Tata Güines (born Federico Aristides Soto y Alejoà June 30, 1930, died February 4, 2008) was a Cuban percussionist on the tumbadora, or conga drum, as well as a composer. He was important in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz. Güines was born in Güines, a poor town east of LA HAVANA in HAVANA province of Cuba. He made his first drums out of milk cartons and sausages. He became famous for playing the conga, a tall, narrow drum of Congolese brought to Cuba by African slaves from the Congo. By the 1950s he was working with such top Cuban musician as Arsenio Rodríguez, Chano Pozo, … read more
Tata Güines (born Federico Aristides Soto y Alejoà June 30, 1930, died February 4, 2008) was a Cuban percussionist on the tumbadora, or conga drum, as well as a composer. He was important in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz. Güines was born in Güines, a poor town east of LA HAVANA in H… read more
Tata Güines (born Federico Aristides Soto y Alejoà June 30, 1930, died February 4, 2008) was a Cuban percussionist on the tumbadora, or conga drum, as well as a composer. He was important in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz. Güines was born in Güines, a poor town east of LA HAVANA in HAVANA province of Cuba. He made his first drums out of milk cartons and … read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Los Papines

  2. Avatar for Los Muñequitos De Matanzas

  3. Avatar for Clave Y Guaguancó
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Descarga cubana - Remasterizado Descarga cubana - Remasterizado
  • Loading
 9 listeners
2 La mulata rumbera - Remasterizado La mulata rumbera - Remasterizado
  • Loading
 1 listener
3 Scherezada chachachá - Remasterizado Scherezada chachachá - Remasterizado
  • Loading
 1 listener
4 Tata Guines Best Of Vol. 1 Descarga No.2
  • Loading
 1 listener

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 699 listeners

    6 Jul 2017 · 11 tracks

    Fiesta de Tambores: Tata Güines Manos de Seda, Vol. 1 (Remasterizado)
    • Loading

  2. 240 listeners

    30 Jun 2009 · 11 tracks

    Tata Guines Best Of Vol. 1
    • Loading

  3. 112 listeners

    8 Jan 1996 · 10 tracks

    Aniversario
    • Loading

  4. 76 listeners

    8 Dec 2013 · 20 tracks

    Rumbera
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
2
3
2
3
4
1
1
3
1
2
4
3
3
2
3
4
2
3
2
1
5
1
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
5
0
1
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
5
0
1
3
0
1
3
2
0
4
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
2
0
3
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
4
1
2
0
0
2
3
1
3
1
0
0
3
1
0
0
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
4
1
1
0
1
2
0
4
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
2
2
1
2
0
3
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
3
0
0
3
2
6
1
3
2
5
1
0
1
2
1
1

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 4,741 listeners

    Avatar for Los Papines

  2. 6,028 listeners

    Avatar for Los Muñequitos De Matanzas

  3. 2,314 listeners

    Avatar for Clave Y Guaguancó

  4. 5,017 listeners

    Avatar for Yoruba Andabo

  5. 805 listeners

    Avatar for Abbilona

  6. 313 listeners

    Avatar for Ecué Tumba

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss