Daniel Ponce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cuban-American jazz drummer
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Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba
About Daniel Ponce
- Daniel Ponce (July 21, 1953 – March 14, 2013) was a Cuban-American jazz percussionist. Ponce played locally in Havana from age 11 and played percussion in a group called Watusi.
- He was exiled from Cuba in 1980 and fled to New York City, soon after working there with Paquito D'Rivera, Jose Fajardo, Andy Gonzalez, Jerry Gonzalez, and Eddie Palmieri.
- In 1982 he played three batá drums as a session musician for the Herbie Hancock song "Rockit".
- Producer Bill Laswell said "Ponce essentially was a musician/priest, and all the rhythms he would play on those batá drums were associated with a Yoruba deity.
- It was basically Santeria."After "Rockit" was a major hit in 1983, Ponce began recording under his own name, and soon after worked in jazz idioms with Laswell, Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner, Hilton Ruiz, and Bobby McFerrin.
- He also did work as a session musician and as a touring percussionist, for, among others, Laurie Anderson, Mick Jagger, and Yoko Ono. He died on March 14, 2013, in Miami, Florida.
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