Watch Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar make surprise appearance on congas with the Dave Valentin Band

 

 

Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar makes a surprise appearance on congas with the Dave Valentin Band. With Oskar Cartaya - bass, Mark Towns - guitar, Phoenix Rivera - drums, & Luke Carlos - piano. At The Jazz Bakery - LA 


Kareem's father Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., Born in Brooklyn, Alcindor attended the Juilliard School before serving in the Army from 1941-45. A longtime member of the New York police department, Alcindor also was a jazz musician.
His grandfather Cyrus Alcindor, was from Point Fortin in southwestern Trinidad; his grandmother Venus Alcindor hailed from Grand Rivere on the country’s north coast.

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