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Jack Costanzo

Jack Costanzo has been played on NTS shows including Jazzman, with Sax Con Ritmo first played on 3 April 2015.

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. After his discharge from the Navy, he worked as a…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Sax Con Ritmo
Jack Costanzo
Liberty1958
Sax Con Ritmo
Jack CostanzoLiberty1958
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Baccanale
Costanzo, Tubbs
Fontana1962
Baccanale
Costanzo, TubbsFontana1962
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Night And Day
Frances Faye feat. Jack Costanzo
GNP1959
Night And Day
Frances Faye feat. Jack CostanzoGNP1959
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Bajo Numero Uno
Jack Costanzo
Liberty1958
Bajo Numero Uno
Jack CostanzoLiberty1958
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Peanut Vendor
Jack Costanzo
Liberty1958
Peanut Vendor
Jack CostanzoLiberty1958
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Bongo Fever
Jack Costanzo
Sunset Records1966
Bongo Fever
Jack CostanzoSunset Records1966
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Pharoahs Curse
Jack Costanzo
Jazzman2015
Pharoahs Curse
Jack CostanzoJazzman2015
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Bajo Numero Uno
Jack Costanzo
So Far Out2015
Bajo Numero Uno
Jack CostanzoSo Far Out2015
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