Chaino

Chaino
1927 - 1999
Chaino  American Drummer
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Birthday 30th November, 1926
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died 8th July, 1999
Place of Death Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
Occupation Text Musician
Occupation Drummer
Music Genre (Text) Exotica
Music Genre Easy Listening
Music Style Exotica
Instrument (text) Bongos

Leon "Chaino" Johnson (1927 – July 8, 1999, pronounced: "Cha-ee-no"), the self-styled "percussion genius of Africa," was an American bongo player.
After touring for several years on the Chitlin' Circuit, he released several albums and became popular with listeners of exotica music in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
In the promotion of his albums, a fictional biography was developed, depicting Chaino as an orphan from a lost tribe in central Africa who had been rescued by a missionary after his tribe had been massacred.
Chaino was actually born in Philadelphia and raised in Chicago.

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FilmYearCharacterType
Night Tide1961Head Bongo Player (uncredited)Movie
The Devil's Hand1961Bongo Player (uncredited)Movie
The Phantom1961ChainoTV Movie

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