That is amazing!! Wow! He'll be prodigy and who knows but aired all over the place. Very cool. Lanie ... -- You learn to speak by speaking, to study by...
... Yow....every once in a while (until this morning) I'd say to a friend...."Maybe someday I'll play as well as an eight year old Cuban". Now what do I say? ...
... So, what exactly ARE we talking about? Though I hate to ask, how might we define "breakdown" here? I looked up "breakdown," "break" and "stop-time" in...
... You mean "babį" Spanish for bass? That seems the least-Spanish of those four terms since babį means father in many African languages (including ...
Nolan, Sorry to be seeming nonsensical. I meant to say BAJO, not BABA! Obviously, iya and baba are mother and father in Yoruba. You and other members must have...
... Yes, the Bantu languages most likely have something to do with the word "cachimbo." I'm not so sure about "mula" and "caja," though. They seem to be...
I once asked Regino if the name mula for the mid drum was from the Spanish for mule and he insisted it was not and that it was of solely Bantu origin in this...
That's interesting. It may not be a case of either-or. The Cubans "Africanized" the Spanish word for drum - tambor to "tambo", a word I believe that's also ...
... define "breakdown" here? I looked up "breakdown," "break" and "stop-time" in the Harvard Dictionary and none of them really seemed to apply to what we're ...
... I'm still looking for this. Stop-time seems to be more likely than the breaks we are talking about. Being unable to think of anything off the top of my...
Hi Nolan, Thanks for puting the word out. I bet an example of breakdowns in traditional African music will present itself in good time. I think your original...
... From the Harvard Dictionary of Music: Stop-time In tap dancing, jazz, and blues, accompaniment consisting of a regular pattern of attacks (e.g., on the...
Thanks Nolan. I think I get it. In stop-time the repetitive parts drop out and a solo is featured, whereas in breakdowns repetitive parts are brought to the ...
For a "stop-time" opening , check, for instance, Muddy Waters' "Hoochie-Coochie Man". Richard F. Gould-Saltman Gould-Saltman Law Offices, LLP 818 W. 7th Street...
In Jamaican music the leader may call for a "BREAKDOWN!!!" and then the guitars only might play the And Ah skank pattern, followed by the keyboard bubble...
Also a number of American pop tunes have breakdowns in which, usually on cue from the vocalist, everyone except the drummer drops out, then the bass, guitar,...
Great clips of Tumba Francesa, Gagį, corneta china, etc http://www.cubanfolkloricdance.com/cutumba.php -Nolan p.s. Those who've gotten to this part in my...
Very nice! I also stumbled on Afrocuba de Matanzas' site the other day, which has some nice videos as well: http://www.atenas.cult.cu/musica/afrocuba/ saludos...
Great Coverage by BBC World click and listen :) AS http://theworld.org/?q=node/6348 The cook's name is Ayhan Sicimoglu. Just one listen, and you know something...
Does anyone in the group know if "Antologia de la musica afro-cubano" is available on CD ? I have heard that there was a project to put these LP's on to CD....
Yes, they're on CD in a box set. You can get them from Descarga or Discuba.com. -Nolan ... _________________________________________________________________ ...
Any bata players in the southwest or in A.Z. ?Are there any guys who like to play Cuban or Brasilian "folkloric" music? Just trying to get a feel for whats...
... who like to play Cuban or Brasilian "folkloric" music? Just trying to get a feel for whats happening in my neighborhood. There's a bata group somewhere out...
Hey, I'm new to this list and in fact new to the East Coast, having moved to southern Vermont from the SF area during the summer. In California I played rumba...
AYHAN - Congratulations on release of album!!! Wow! Turkish - Afro-Cuban fusion. And I feel so remote in Idaho!!! We met at Humboldt Afro-Cuban week in 2002....
I don't think you'll have much luck in Boston in terms of an actual rumba gathering, though Reynaldo Gonzalez teaches an Afro-Cuban dance class at the Dance...
Thnx Eric, The CD is Top seller in Turkey and will be out in the World markets by French Claude Challe do you know who he is?? Budha Bar CDs ?? To get a copy...
Maybe hook up with Ilu Aye in NYC, there a group of young rumberos, tamboleros, bomberos, that play all over NY, check them out www.myspace.com/iluayemusic,...
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