Caribbean Percussion Traditions
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Santo Domingo, New York,
Miami, even San Francisco Bay... clave is where you find
it :-D This is some of the hottest music on the planet right
now. So much going on, it's hard to keep track of it all.
Montreal based Afro-Dominican Percussionist Miguel
Fenton has an interesting website. This image at right
is from him.
Our friend
Nils Fischer , Caribbean percussionist based in the
Netherlands, has performed onstage with many of the the heavyweights
of latin Music..very highly qualified.
Check out Jose
Gonzales & Criollo Clasico's new site
(good Puerto Rican music links)
Texas
Reggae.org - all things reggae in Texas
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Cuban master drummer Changuito
and Chuck Silverman have written the DEFINITIVE timbale book/CD.
Click now to read our review!
Chuck's
website is also a must.
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Changuito (Jose Luis Quintana) & Chuck
Silverman, La Habana, 1996
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Here's a fine interview
with Armando Peraza at Salsaweb.
Paoli
Mejias has a very cool website going.
Grupo
Cuero y Cajon
Nolan Warden recently released this interesting field recording
of Afro-Cuban folkloric music, made while in Cuba last year.
The recording includes drumming influenced by Palo, Yesa, Yambu,
and Makuta.
News:
We have pages in the works for Cuba, Haiti, and
Jamaica.
There's a really cool exhibit on Carribean percussion
at Miami's
Historical Museum of Southern Florida
This page will be updated
all the time. When we're not playing drums, we LIVE on the WEB.
Agua
de Cuba
Ah, Fransisco Aguabella! This native
of Cuba moved to the U.S. in 1957, and has been a powerful
influence on American congueros and latin jazz players ever
since. A very strong CD, "Agua de Cuba" is one of
our favorites for 1999.
BUY IT! |
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lot of folks know that Giovanni Hidalgo is one of the greatest
congueros, but few know about his solo albums. his
CD with Michael Camilo at right, released in 1996, is REALLY
strong.
Listen to this man play
conga:
My
Soul Beat is Giovanni in solo mode,
Softly
As in as Morning Sunrise is Giovanni in a swinging
context, a real treat.
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click
to buy it
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http://www.entertainTNT.com
A Trinidad and Tobago music site,
Listen to Don
Alias playing the Udu in RealAudio at congahead.com
(Martin Cohen's excellent homepage - a must see..)
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smart bet for lovers of Cuban percussion id this CD
by the
Munequitos de Matanzas
Listen to the Munequitos:
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buy it
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Good Carribean rhythms Links
Grant Knowles at Tribull
Drums in NZ makes Haitian style drums
www.afrocubanchops.com
- website of Cliff Brooks, the author of 'Rumba - Afro Cuban Conga
Drum Improvisation'
www.dannyjoesoto.com
- A longtime percussionist/guitarist/singer with a NEW CD
Sol
Percussion SF Bay area - awesome drums
Mambiza
Percussion also Bay area, more awesome drums.
New: Michael
Spiro's website, another tremendous bay area talent.
Kim
Adkinson's site Yet
another world class S.F. bay percussionist; it's enough to make
us want to move to San Francisco. It's getting rediculous.
Here's the
Don Alias page at congahead.
Be sure and check out the sound samples
at:
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