Jack Costanzo

Jack Costanzo

Jack Costanzo (born September 24, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American percussionist.

Costanzo is best known as a bongo player, and was nicknamed "Mr. Bongo". He visited Havana in the 1940s and learned to play Afro-Cuban rhythms on the bongos and congas. He toured with Stan Kenton from 1947-48 and occasionally in the 1950s, and played with Nat King Cole from 1949 to 1953. He also played with Peggy Lee, Perez Prado, Harry James, Charlie Barnet, Pete Rugolo, Betty Grable, Harry James, Judy Garland, Jane Powell, Ray Anthony, Martin & Lewis, Frances Faye, Dinah Shore, Xavier Cugat, Frank Sinatra, and Eddie Fisher. Costanzo formed his own band in the 1950s which recorded and toured internationally.

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