Roger Dawson (born March 19, 1940) is a jazz percussionist, conga drummer, bandleader, and jazzcomposer. He was a leading jazz and salsa disc jockey in the US and was acknowledged as being at the forefront of New York's salsa music explosion of the seventies and early eighties. He was the creator of the long-running "Salsa Meets Jazz" concert series at New York's Village Gate club.
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