Rumba Instruments

 Miguel 'Anga' Diaz R.I.P (15 June 1961 - 9 August 2006) The late great Anga is without a doubt my favorite percussionist. Anga r...

What does the lively boisterous Afro-Cuban rumba have with peaceful tranquil zen flute music. Actually very little, but for me there is a c...

A while back a friend of mine and I made a couple of cajons together. These were the first cajons I had made, and they came out sounding g...

I know they aren't really a "rumba instrument" but I'm gonna post about these bongos anyways! Just picked up these soli...

Percussionist Jorge Santo has written quite a nice paper on the humble rumba instrument known as the cajon, which seems to be enjoying a...

My friend and teacher Sandy Perez recently had a birthday concert at Yerba Buena Gardens a few weeks ago on a beautiful sunny San Francisco...

These past two weeks has seen quite a bit of drum trading for me. Something I haven't done in a while because I enjoyed all my drums and...

Farewell sweet Lisa, I will miss you my friend. Lisa Forman -12/8/64~7/7/2011   This is a very sad post for me to write. My de...

Well looks like John Santos is at it again, I can hardly wait! A while back I took another one of his classes about rumba "La Rumba N...