LP.
Founded 1964 by Martin Cohen in Garfield, New Jersey. Latin Percussion — the company that made congas, bongos, timbales, cowbells, and shekeres into the world standard. Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Sheila E — the Latin and crossover percussion canon plays LP.
Conga, bongo,
timbale, cowbell.
Martin Cohen founded LP after he couldn't find decent congas to play with the Latin jazz bands in 1960s New York. He started importing wood shells from Cuba and then manufacturing them himself in New Jersey. Within a decade, LP had become the brand professional Latin percussionists played.
Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Sheila E., Giovanni Hidalgo, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow — the LP signature line. The Galaxy and Classic conga series; the Tito Puente timbale; the Salsa Cowbell. The catalogue covers every Latin and crossover hand-percussion instrument.
Conga, bongo, timbale, cowbell.LP · since 1964
Conga, bongo,
timbale, accessory.
Conga and bongo (the core line); timbale; djembe and ashiko; cajón; shekere; cowbell and jam-block; agogô; LP Aspire (entry level); LP Galaxy and Classic (pro).
Distributed by Hal Leonard.
