Rumba Instruments

     Well no sooner was I lamenting the fact that I missed the ebay auction of the Fernando Ortiz book in my earlier post , when I decided...

    A couple of pictures of books about various rumba and folkloric instruments by the great Fernando Ortiz. I got these from the Yoruba Ja...

    I have several drums by Isla Percussions, run by Mario Punchard, and I love playing them. They have a unique feel and wonderful sound. ...

    This is a little recording I made with my friend and excellent flautist Oliver Hunt. I've always appreciated Mongo Santamaria and hi...

     I'm putting this shekere up for sale. It was intended to be part of a set, but between selling the littlest shekere of the set to ...

    Well actually it is only 18 rumba clave exercises, but that doesn't make as catchy a title....Anyways I've been workin...

Pronounced with a Brazilian accent as "he bee chay" or something similar. A friend of mine came across a video of a famous Br...

I've been playing out with my set of Skin on Skin congas pretty frequently lately and I missed the fact that they didn't have...

Well bloggers, let me tell you something very personal. A month or so ago I was seriously considering giving up the tumbadoras. Now why woul...

    Visitors to my blog may have come across an earlier post of mine Guemilere: Study Guide for Afro - Cuban Percussion : (Jimenez / Wardi...