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Known for
- Harum Scarum — Julna1965
- Small Town Girl — Bongos Player1953
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Jack Costanzo (Chicago, Illinois, U.S., September 24, 1919 – August 18, 2018) was an American percussionist. A composer, conductor, drummer and bandleader of Jack Costanzo & His Orchestra, Jack Costanzo is best known as a bongo player, and is nicknamed "Mr. Bongo". He visited Havana three times in the 1940s and learned to play Afro-Cuban rhythms on the bongos and congas. Costanzo started as a dancer, touring as a team with his wife before World War II. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jack+C
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jack
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Lakeside
- Occupation
- percussionist
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Instrument
- bongo
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Jack Costanzo 2003.jpg
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- cause of death
- aneurysm
- Commons category
- Jack Costanzo
- date of birth
- 1919-09-24
- date of death
- 2018-08-18
- pseudonym
- Mr. Bongo
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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