... Don Ramon Santamaria died February 1,2003 at 3:00 AM Miami time.He's finally resting after suffering 3 consecutives strokes.I want to thank all who cared...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Hand Drum Independence with Kenne Thomas, St. Paul,Minnesota Date: Saturday, February 8, 2003 Time: 3:30PM...
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Feb 1, 2003 9:32 pm
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Jay of Skin on Skin is moving his operation to upstate NY. His new number will be 1-607-639-2417 -- On Sat, 01 Feb 2003 02:36:34 ... ...
Hi list, I came across this fairly comprehensive article re the marimbula and thought I would share it as the topic has come up here before. It also has a...
... Thanks Barry for the tip..... here is another : Copy, Paste into a word processing program, Edit and then Print. When I printed from the site directly ,...
Steve Tierra
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Feb 4, 2003 12:25 am
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Since I didn't see it noted in postings I got from this list, it may not be general knowledge; the great Mongo Santamaria, one of the acknowledged masters of...
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Feb 4, 2003 6:41 pm
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Richard, I wonder how wide spread knowledge of Mongo's great abilities is? I passed along the information to the drumcircles list yesterday and the only ...
Martha, That's a great question. Personally.. as soon as I saw it I called a few friends and had a half dozen people together or so for a rumbon on the local...
I feel like it's really the end of an era. I had always hoped to hear him play live; now I'll just have to be satisfied with the recordings which are, of...
Dear Friends, I have some very exciting news. After three years of serving the drumming community online, at festivals, and by appointment, we are opening a...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. LATIN PERCUSSION WORKSHOP: "Playing Ensemble" Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2003 Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM PST...
latinperc@yahoogroups...
Feb 5, 2003 12:02 am
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... It's been my opinion for a while that when you water down the focus of a musical tradition to an "it's all good man" level (ie. drumcircles), that kind of...
Steve Tierra
sctierra@...
Feb 5, 2003 1:18 am
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As far as people knowing who Mongo is......I feel strange when I meet people who have never heard of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa. It really weird when few people...
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Feb 5, 2003 4:20 am
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Mongo was the first Cuban musician I ever heard. I have tried to learn from his style more than that of any other percussionist. Did anybody notice if this...
... NPR did a story on Mongo Santamaria that you can hear at: http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=967450 There has also been a lot of material,...
last night at cajun's tuesday night open jazz and funk night i had them do a musical tribute by playing watermelon man and since i'm the conga player it was...
a friend of mine forwarded this article to me from the nytimes.com obituaries, february 3, 2003. mongo lives on forever through his music and in our hearts. ...
Another pilar of the Afrocaribbean percussion tradition that we lost. "Chichito" was an excellent percussionist and the baddest "barril primo" player from the...
In Memoriam, a tribute to Mongo's legacy. Compiled by Israel Sánchez-Coll. Time to work on that Spanish! http://www.oasissalsero.com/israel/in_memoriam.htm ...
A true loss...he will be greatly missed. For those of you who never had the opportunity to study/play with Chichito, he was always smiling and laughing, VERY...
Hi Jorge, Cliff here. I was wondering if you know how to globally change 2 pages of 8th note patterns into 16th note patterns in Finale 2001 at "one shot"? I...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Hand Drum Independence with Kenne Thomas, St. Paul,Minnesota Date: Saturday, February 8, 2003 Time: 3:30PM...
latinperc@yahoogroups...
Feb 6, 2003 9:33 pm
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... In case the link disappears, here is the info: On the beat 11:00 04 June 01 People can adjust to tiny changes in tempo, keeping time with a beat even when...
Friends and Salsa lovers, Mark your calendars! An evening of Classic Latin salsa music with the Areito Latin Band has been scheduled for Friday, February 21st,...
I'm sure some of you have heard people pronounce the word conga as "koonga." My belief is that this is an attempt to make it sound more exotic or re-Africanize...
Nolan, I'd guess its a bad adaptation of a Cuban saying the word Conga. I can hear it in my head but couldn't possibly put it in an e-mail. 1950 havana: ...
I remember a discussion, both here and djembe-l, a couple of years ago on this topic. IMHO (having now spoken to a bunch of Cuban musicians, and having been...
