New NG - SF Going Wild

The new double NG La Banda CD is very interesting and should be widely available soon. It includes a blistering new version of my favorite NG song, Rap de Muerta.

Meanwhile, an explosion of concerts and clinics is about to hit the Bay Area, including Santa Cruz (home of timba.com's worldwide corporate headquarters).

In book news, I'm getting ever closer on the second Pupy book, about to start the first volume of Beyond Salsa Bass featuring Alain Pérez!, and about to release a stand-alone course on clave changes. And speaking of Pupy - watch for Siempre Pupy, which sounds fantastic and should be available soon. [Kevin Moore]

| Share

sábado, 17 septiembre 2011, 11:39 am

Yemaya's Verse has a great concert report from Havana on the revamped Bamboleo which "resembles the band of yore", which for me is just what the doctor ordered! They're supposed to tour Europe in March. Still no rumors on La Yuma but hope springs eternal.

In book news, I'm almost done with the second Pupy Pedroso book and will move on to Alain Pérez and Beyond Salsa Bass after that. Also on the bass front, Cherina Mastrotones is working on her second book on Feliciano Arango, who should be making it to Boston sometime this year, knock on wood. [Kevin Moore]

| Share

lunes, 15 agosto 2011, 11:38 am

"Labor of Love" is a term that I'm somewhat familiar with, but this amazing book had been a labor of love in progress well before my first trip to Cuba in 1999. Afro-Cuban Percussion Workbook is written by my first timba guru, Curtis Lanoue, about one of the greatest and least-publicized percussion masters of Cuba, José Eladio. It covers all the main folkloric and popular rhythms thoroughly and systematically. Here's the link.

| Share

lunes, 08 agosto 2011, 05:32 pm

Tom has posted some new photo collages to announce this weekend's San José Jazz Festival. See the Bay Area Report for more photos and more details.