URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Jack James
Variants
- Bongo, Mr., 1919-2018
- Mr. Bongo, 1919-2018
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1919-09-24
Death Date
- 2018-08-18
Birth Place
- Chicago (Ill.)
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Bongo--Performance
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: King Cole Trio. The complete Capitol recordings ... [SR] p1991:discs 11-14 insert (Jack Costanzo, bongos, conga)
- found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Costanzo, Jack (James); b. 9-24-22, Chicago; bongo player)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 27, 2018(in obituary published Aug. 26: Jack Costanzo; b. Jack James Costanzo, Sept. 24, 1919, Chicago; d. Aug. 18, Lakeside, Calif., aged 98; taught himself to play the bongos and, somewhat improbably, became a ubiquitous figure in Afro-Cuban jazz, accompanying singers like Nat King Cole and mingling with Marlon Brando and other Hollywood stars; known as Mr. Bongo)
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Change Notes
- 1993-03-26: new
- 2018-08-27: revised
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