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I
have begun putting all my photos on my
Flickr site Please be sure to check them out! |
Check
out the website
of Oggun Gbemi, prominent Iyalocha and masterful artist! This
site features photos of her incredible crowns and tools for the
Orisha, as well as information regarding Botánica
San Lázaro.
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 Join
me for the 10th Annual Explorations
in Afro-Cuban Dance & Drum
at Humboldt State University
Arcata, California! This year features
Lázaro
Galarraga, Francisco
Aguabella, Sandy Pérez, Reynaldo González, José
Francisco Barroso, Susana Arenas,
Jesús
Díaz, John
Santos, Michael
Spiro, David Peñalosa, Howie
Kaufman, Mark
Lamson, and me. This is always an excellent program, with action-packed
days and nights in a lovely spot, at a very reasonable price. Check
out a few photos from
2004, or See photos from
2003 |
Alexis
Zayas Rosabal is the son of famed Conjunto Folklórico
Nacional de Cuba singer Cándido Zayas Díaz, and
has himself a distinguished career as a singer, with groups
such as Raíces Profundas,
Danza Nacional De Cuba,la Escuela Nacional De Arte (La ENA/El
LISA),and El Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba. For
many years he has also been the akpwón for Regino
Jiménez, with el tambor de Jesús Pérez.
Read
his bio
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Check
out these great DVDs from La Habana. I recommend Rumbón
Tropical, which includes greats such as Miguel Angel Mesa,
Mario 'Aspirina' Jáuregui, Santa Cruz, Maximino, Ernesto
'El Gato', among others. Another excellent title from Boogalu
is Rumbambeo,
which features Juan de Diós Ramos, Guillermo 'El Negro'
Triana, and Domingo Pau.
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God
Bless Pancho Quinto! Iba E.
I
am saddened by the loss of great personal friend and timbero,
Francisco Mora. On top of being a percussive genius, he was
a truly marvelous human being. I will always remember him as
full of humor and antics, yet extremely humble and sincerely
interested in those around him.
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more
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Check
out a few photos from
2004 Explorations
in Afro-Cuban Dance & Drum
at Humboldt State University
Arcata, California, This year was
the 9th
Annual! Check out Howie's
album from prior years
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Meet
my friend and excellent musician from La Havana, Erick
Barbería. He lives in San Francisco, CA, where he teaches
and performs
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Check out a couple of nice
photos from the North Beach Jazz Festival. Jesús Díaz
put together "Tumbacó" for this special event.
Special thanks to photographer Scott
Chernis for these great shots.
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See photos from 2003 Explorations
in Afro-Cuban Dance & Drum workshop. Thanks
to Howie and crew and all the great people that were there. It was
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Buy this HOT new CD from Matanzas!
Alfredo
Calvo sings on this great new CD, produced by my godsister, Tina.
Please visit
her website, and hear
samples of this landmark recording!
Alfredo
Calvo is the last surviving godchild of Ferminita Gómez
(Ocha Bi, timbelese Olodumare), a former slave made to Yemayá
who brought from Africa the secrets of Olokun. She initiated Alfredo
Calvo as a priest of Agayú when she was 102 years old and
he was 12.
There
is also has a DVD
available!
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Iba E
We are
saddened by the recent parting of two great percussionists, Mongo
Santamaria and Luís "Chichito" Cepeda
Hear
an MP3 (2.47 MB) of the rumba
John Santos
wrote in honor of Mongo Santamaria. See
photos of the session at radio KPFA. |
Juan de Diós
Ramos! Check out clips from his
recent visit to the SF Bay Area!
Check out these MP3
files from a recent misa
Please contact me if you would like
us to play a cajón for you!
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You can find a few nice photographs from the ¡AFROCUBANISMO!
festival at the Banff Centre in 1994 on my Yahoo!
photo album site This album includes shots of Librada Quesada
and Amelia Pedroso.
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Regino Jiménez
and I did some tracks for the new CD by Broken
English, the sensational dance band from the Santa Cruz area,
directed by my long-time friend, Javier Muñiz.
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Dial-up
connection? Check out the photos
of La Rumba
at La Peña Cultural Center
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If you have a high speed connection,
check
out the video clips of Rumba
at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley,
or watch video clips of Orisha
music and dance!
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Visit
the web site
of my lovely wife, Hassania!
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Check out
picture galleries from last
year's Maui
Village Experience, a week of dancing and drumming in a beautiful
place with beautiful people!
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