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Welcome to the
December '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Negro's Musings....
I've been home for a minute... it's been a nice break from my usual insanity (yeah, right!)
It was a big pleasure and an inspiration again to see Stewart Copeland and his band Oysterhead. I opened 2 nights for them at Roseland Ballroom with Mark Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos... and Stewart sounded amazing!
Then I played solo drums for the first time in 6 months! I've been playing with bands for a long time and it was wonderful to be back into the "drum party"! Cascio Music in Kentucky... it was an organized and very nice evening that included Dom Famularo, Zoro, Hilary Jones, Charlie Adams, and myself. Everyone sounded great... but the winner, I think, was the wonderful audience that stayed for 6 hours inside a store listening to crazy people banging drums!
I did a couple of sessions... one with a new band called Yerbabuena that includes a mix of Afro-Cuban HipHop musicians from New York City, and another with piano player John Di Martino in which I used a Rhythm Traveler bass drum (20"x10") and snare (13"x5"... I think). And they sounded great in the studio!
I've been home starting a new project with Cuban guitar player Octavio Kotan, and now I'm getting ready to go to Chile and then we do 4 dates with Jack Bruce in the states (The dates are in my itinerary on my website... www.ElNegro.com)
I hope turkey was tasty for everyone!
Peace & Love ('cause we still need it!)
Negro
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
Classic Drums Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win the new Classic Drum Solos dvd (fifteen of the true "legends of jazz drumming" in astounding extended solos and in rare, never-before-seen drum duels filmed over the last five decades)!
Music, Videos, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows, Festivals & Clinics with Carl Allen, JD Blair, Cyro Baptista, Doane Perry, Chris DeRosa, Julio Figueroa, Pat Mastelotto, Jota Morelli, Rod Morgenstein, Terry Silverlight, Martin Verdonk, Paul Wertico, El Negro, Evelyn Glennie, James Brown & Norman Hassan, Cindy Blackman, Dennis Chambers, Virgil Donati, Steve Houghton, Ian Paice, Ben Perowski, Chad Wackerman, Jonathan Haas, N. Scott Robinson, Carmine Appice, Tommy Campbell, Stephen Perkins, Bernard Purdie, Will Calhoun, Peter Erskine, John Lewis, Joe Smyth, Alessandra Belloni, Bill Bruford, Dave Weckl, Todd Sucherman, Joel Rosenblatt, Billy Hulting...
Second Annual Benefit for The Rhythmic Arts Project w/ Adam Arkin, Mike Shapiro, Airto Moreira, Walfredo Reyes Sr., Walfredo Reyes Jr., Luis Conte, Richie ''Gajate'' Garcia, Raul Rico, Suzanne Morissette, Ronnie Gutierrez, Gary Novak, Carmine Appice, Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey, Steve Fister w/ Marco Mendoza & Tommy Aldridge, Kevyn Lettau w/ Mike Shapiro, Mike Miller & Jerry Watts...
Rhythm Is The Cure w/ Alessandra Belloni & Mauro Refosco, New Ancient Equinox Retreat w/ Ninaya, Paulo Mattioli & Shamanic Counselor Timothy Whispering Eagle, Cathedral 2001, Djembe Conga Hand Drumming Workshop for Adult Beginners, Inanna, Drum for Peace, 2nd Annual Musical Night in Africa w/ Kotoja, The West African Highlife Band, Baba Ken Okulolo & The Nigerian Brothers, Kasumai Bare, Entry Level Hand Drumming Workshop & Open Drum Circle, Chicago Djembe Project Performing Ensemble, PAS Wisconsin Chapter Day of Percussion w/ David Mancini, Tele Lesbines, Joe Caploe, Tambuco Percussion Quartet, Amsterdam Percussion Group, The Healing Power Of Music w/ Mickey Hart & Bembe Orisha, Biao Li, Répercussion, Studio Percussion Graz, PAS France Chapter International Timpani Competition, Drumsong: Beyond the Edge Drumming Intensive Workshop w/ Ubaka Hill, Drum Making Workshop w/ Paolo, Mahiri Keita Djembe & Dundun workshops, Kroumata, Los Angeles Drum Day, West African Drumming & Movement, PAS Open House, Mamady Keita's 3-week Djembe School, Percussive Arts Society (Singapore Chapter) Finale Concert, Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm "The Beat goes On" Drumming Workshops, Tito Puente Tribute, Taakoussanu Senegal w/ Mar Gueye, Giovanni Hidalgo, Wo'se Dance Theatre 2001- 2002 residency w/ Les Ballets Africains, Unity With A Beat, Afro Cuban Folkloric Dance & Drum Workshops, RhythMix...
Artist News & Updates with Mel Gaynor, Roger Squitero, Eddie Tuduri, Ramon Yslas, Wally Gator Watson...
Lots of photos in the photo gallery...
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
Your Drum Music from Dalton Drum Syndicate
NEW! photos in Your Drums Photo Gallery!
Manufacturer's & Industry News Area updates from American Music Conference, Ayotte, DW, Harmonious Mayhem / Drumcircle CD, Hudson Music, MRP EdgeWorks, J. D'Addario (Evans Drumheads), The Jazz Cares Relief Fund, Kobushi taiko drummers, KoSA 2001, Laurel Tree Records, New Orleans 'Second Line' drumming, Pacific Drums, Bernard Purdie, Alessandra Belloni's Percussive Celebration At The Cathedral of St. John The Divine to Bring Healing and Harmony to the New Year, Puresound, Repercussion, Talent & Booking Online, Vanilla Fudge...
Updated Links!
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist. Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new Wally's Learning Center, new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery, and more!
www.ElNegro.com all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary, current news, and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads! interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.LeonMobley.com Photo gallery, itinerary, and more!
www.RayfordGriffin.com NEW Site!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out!
Volume 5 Issue 12 December 2001
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Welcome to the
November '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Congratulations to the winners of our Don Brewer Trivia Contest:
Hollie Warren, TX, Michael Watkins, MS, Walter Goldstein, NY, Ramiro Souto, FL
They have each won a Don Brewer - Live at the Modern Drummer Festival 2000 video featuring the music of Grand Funk Railroad... (autographed by Don!) from the great folks at Hudson Music!
Negro's Musings....
What can I tell you... I can only say that I had the gift from God to have my mother in a gorgeous theater in Madrid, Spain while I was on the stage with Michel Camillo. It is the first time she's had the chance to get out of Cuba. Once in a lifetime! (And after seeing us eat after the show, my mother no longer worries about me! Well... not as much, anyway.)
On September 11th, Robby Ameen and myself were supposed to record the Rolling Stones song "Sympathy for the Devil", and of course the recording was cancelled. But we were able to do it on the 15th. (The studio is 10 blocks from the World Trade Center.)
Then on the 26th, Richie Flores, Robby Ameen and myself started the European leg of the Jack Bruce Tour. It definitely captured the heart of every drummer in this planet! It is 2 drumset players and a percussion player having the opportunity to play and create with a guy who is an innovator and an artist! So the result is a world music hybrid that involves from Pop to Reggae... some Rock to Afro-Cuban... from Jazz to Middle Eastern... Drum Heaven!!
The Michel Camillo tour was a surprise. It was awful to hear that our regular bass player, Anthony Jackson, broke his elbow a few days before the tour started! We were very lucky to have James Genus available at the very last moment! He did an incredible job and we had a lot of fun playing together.
Last night I played with John Patitucci at Sculler's in Boston. It's been a great experience for me to switch from band to band and from style to style... sometimes playing really hard and loud... sometimes playing really hard and soft... but always trying to make music!
Peace & Love ('cause we need it!)
Negro
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
NEW! Classic Drums Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win the new Classic Drum Solos dvd (fifteen of the true "legends of jazz drumming" in astounding extended solos and in rare, never-before-seen drum duels filmed over the last five decades)!
Music, Videos, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! NEW music from Dave Abbruzzese & Mike Dillon, Alessandra Belloni, Terry Silverlight...
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows, Festivals & Clinics with Terri Lyne Carrington, Evelyn Glennie, James Brown, Norman Hassan, Steve Smith, Rayford Griffin, JD Blair, Chico Hamilton, Elliot Kavee, Gustavo Ovalles, Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, Debra Dobkin, Hands On'Semble, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Frank Bellucci, Marco Minneman, Simon Phillips, Billy Hulting, Layne Redmond, Andrew Cyrille, Tom Teasley, David Garibaldi, Doane Perry, Tony Royster, Jr, Gregg Bisonette, Ron Bushy...
Montreal Drum Fest 2001, Jazz Expo, Gordy Ryan African drumming Workshop, Wofa World Tour, Jim's Rhythm & Drumming Workshop, 3rd Annual Drumming Celebration, Amir Ziv's Droid Live Bass 'n Drums, Bean w/ Jam-O-World, Djembe Conga Hand Drumming Workshop, Frame Drum Workshop, African Drum & Dance Retreat w/ Michael Markus, Groove Collective, 2nd International Encounter of Percussionists, PASIC 2001, American Orff Schulwerk Association, Arthur Hull Facilitators Playshop, Drum Workshops w/ Imani from Circle, Skin, and Bone!, Women's Drumming Festival, Afropop Worldwide's Cuban Music and Popular Culture Seminar, 5th Annual Drummers Swap Meet, New Ancient Equinox Retreat w/ Ninaya, Paulo Mattioli & Shamanic Counselor Timothy Whispering Eagle, Cathedral 2001 (48-hour webcast & festival of Internet music)...
Artist News & Updates with Sandy Gennaro, Mel Gaynor, Terry Silverlight, Adolfo "Fofi" Lancha, Hip Pickles, Jim Payne...
Lots of photos in the photo gallery...
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
Your Drum Music!
Check out the photos in Your Drums Photo Gallery!
Manufacturer's & Industry News Area!
Updated Links!
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist. Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new Wally's Learning Center, new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery, and more!
www.ElNegro.com all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary, current news, and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads! interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.LeonMobley.com NEW Site! photo gallery, itinerary, and more!
www.RayfordGriffin.com NEW Site!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out!
Volume 5 Issue 11 November 2001
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Welcome to the
October '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Congratulations to the winners of our Peter Erskine Trivia Contest:
Kelly Paletta (Washington, USA), John Chybion (Florida, USA), Dominic Noel (Quebec, Canada) & Bill Bunkers (Illinois, US)
They have each won a Great Live Concert Video by The Peter Erskine Trio... The Peter Erskine Trio Live at Jazz Baltica... from the great folks at Hudson Music!
Negro's Musings....
The first day of August, I went to the studio to record a new Michel Camillo album that will come out the beginning of next year. Then I had a busy in-town of Bill Summers and Los Hombres Calientes. They had a great show at SOB's and I sat in with them.
The middle of the month I went to Puerto Rico for 5 days to record an album with Juan Carlos de Brmudo of Rock en Espanol (which is like a very happening young style).
From there I went to Austria with Henry Threadgill... which includes a lot of odd time signatures. And then to Holland to do an album with my fellow countryman and piano player Ramon Valle.
In the beginning of September, I went again to Colombia, but this time with the trio of Hilario Duran (which is the monster piano player you have seen on my new Modern Drummer Festival video!).
And then I came back from Colombia on September 9... all of you guys know the horrible events of September 11 and thank god I was home for that time.
Then I was supposed to fly to Boston to play with Joanne Braceen, but it was canceled. Since then, I've been home... preparing to leave today to an almost 2-month in Europe. The first month I'll be with Jack Bruce and the second leg will be with Michel Camillo.
Attention German Friends! If you remember singing Happy Birthday to me at Drums & Sounds in Koblenz almost 2 years ago, you will remember me promising you to make you a part of my next record... and it's almost done! And it's sounding great! It's gonna be a 2-drummers record... myself & Robby Ameen. We already recorded all the tracks (and by the way... the morning of September 11, we were going to the studio to do the last track. It was going to be a version of Sympathy For The Devil that Ruben Blades is going to sing for us. So that morning, the devil itself stopped us from being able to record. But we did it 3 days after! So now we are in the process of adding vocals and then mix.) But it's sounding really great... I'm really into it!
Til Next Time... Let's all pray together hoping for a peaceful world.
Negro
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
NEW! Don Brewer Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win Don Brewer - Live at the Modern Drummer Festival 2000 (Featuring the Music of Grand Funk Railroad)... autographed by Don!
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! Lots of music from Akira Jimbo, Bill Bruford, Brad Dutz, Bernard Purdie, Bobby Rock, Billy Ward, Carmine Appice, Chuck Silverman, Dave Abbruzzese, Don Brewer, Danny Gottlieb, Danny Reyes, Ed Shaughnessy, Gregg Gerson, Graham Hawthorne, Giovanni Hidalgo, Hilary Jones, Ignacio Berroa, Ian Paice, Joey Heredia, Jonathan Mover, Jim Payne, John Reily, Kalani, Leon Mobley, Layne Redmond, Mike Botts, Matt Chamberlain, Mike Mangini, Marco Minneman, El Negro Hernandez, Peter Erskine, Paolo Mattioli, Richie Garcia, Ricky Sebastian, Steve Luongo, Steve Smith, Tom Teasley, Zack Danzinger and more...
Videos with Arthur Hull, Carmine Appice, Christine Stevens, Dave Weckl, Herman Matthews, Jim Chapin, Jerry Steinholtz, Joey Heredia, Kalani, Kim Atkinson, Kevin Ricard, Rayford Griffin, Tal Bergman, Tony Braunagel!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows, Festivals & Clinics with Doane Perry, Evelyn Glennie, JD Blair, El Negro Hernandez, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Anton Fig, JR Robinson, Paul Wertico, Rayford Griffin, Andrew Cyrille, Layne Redmond, Tom Teasley, Joel Rosenblatt, Blas Elias, Cyro Baptista, Alan White, Hands On'Semble, Billy Hulting, Joe Smyth, John Bergamo, Steve Smith, Karl Perrazzo, Dave Weckl, Chico Hamilton, James Brown, Norman Hassan, Frank Bellucci, Leon Mobley, Carl Allen...
Full Moon Drumming, Spectrum Of Sound" Clinic Tour w/ DW Drum Designer John Good & DW Drum Artist Billy Ward, Wofa World Tour, Unity With A Beat, 2nd US Ta Ke Ti Na rhythm Teacher Training w/ Reinhard & Cornelia Flatischler, Harvest Drum Gathering, Bob Marley Festival Tour, Inanna & Batucada Belles - Rhythm Rave (Women's Drumming Festival), PAS Northern California / Northern Nevada Day Of Percussion, New York Percussion Quartet, 11th Annual San Diego Music Awards, Nashville New Music Conference, Celebrate The Circle 2001 w/ Judy Piazza & Bendira, CSUS Day of Percussion, Frame Drum Workshop w/ Judy Piazza, Celebrate the Circle 2001 w/ Edwina Lee Tyler, Dahui, Helen Bond, Judy Piazza, Bliss Gypsies, Cubadisco, Womex 2001...
Artist News & Updates with Bernard Purdie, Steve Smith, Gregg Gerson, Tommy Igoe, Frank Colón, Jon Bermuda Schwartz, Ernie Durawa, MB Gordy, Babatunde Olatunji - From John @ DW, Sean O'Rourke, Chet Doboe - Hip Pickles, John JR Robinson, Mel Gaynor, Alex Acuna, Janelle Burdell, Arthur Hull...
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery... Nir Z, Tal Bergman, Todd Sucherman & Bobby Boos!
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
Your Drum Music!
New photos in Your Drums Photo Gallery!
Manufacturer's & Industry News Area! from Womex, Hudson Music, J D'Addario / Evans, Mastro Snare Drum, Notation Technologies, 'N Sync Drummer Billy Ashbaugh, VH1 Save The Music
Updated Links!
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new Wally's Learning Center, new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery, and more!
www.ElNegro.com all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary, current news, and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads! interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.LeonMobley.com NEW Site! photo gallery, itinerary, and more!
www.RayfordGriffin.com NEW Site!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out!
Volume 5 Issue 10 October 2001
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Welcome to the
August '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Negro's Musings....
The first days of June, I finished a record with "The Keith Jarrett of Europe". He's an amazing German piano player named Joachim Kuhn. And right after that, I went on a trip to Israel with Michel Camillo. The trip to Israel with Michel, where we played in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, was right in the middle of all this crazy conflict. It's amazing to be able to get people to forget their pain... at least for 2 hours!
Then the week after, we went to Colombia and we played Medellin and Bogota... same as Israel, they are going through hard times and it was great to have the opportunity to be there to help.
And here they come... my crazy travels around the world! From Colombia, I went to London for the special press release presentation of the new Jack Bruce record featuring Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Vernon Reid, myself & Robby Ameen on drums... 2 drummers at the same time in the whole thing!... also Changuito! And from this concert in London, I went to Istanbul Turkey for my second concert over there with Fahir Atakoglu... for 4000 people!
On June 24, we had a great concert at The Beacon Theater in New York City celebrating the success of the film, Calle 54. There was Jerry Gonzalez and his band featuring Steve Berrios on drums and Eliane Elias Trio featuring Satoshi Takeishi on drums. Then Gato Barbieri with Robby Gonzalez on drums and Frank Colon on percussion. Then Michel Camillo Trio with myself on drums. And then Paquito D'Rivera with Mark Walker on drums with Pedro Martinez & Roman on percussion.
Then I went to the Berklee World Percussion Festival at the Berklee School of Music... my 7th year at the festival! Imagine... I have been there since the creation of the festival! It was, as always, a real pleasure. And what a team Dean Anderson had! There was Walfredo Reyes Sr, Giovanni Hidalgo, Trichi Shankaran, John Santos... Giovanni and I had a clinic and a concert on Thursday that was deeply dedicated from the bottom of our hearts to our friend Steve Ettelson, who recently passed away and who will live forever in our hearts.
From Boston, I flew to Miami to film a video with 2 very dear friends of mine. Dig who... Karl Perazzo & Raul Rekow! We did a couple of videos for Warner Brothers. The first one about the music (the role of percussion) of Santana's Super Natural album. The second one is just the 3 of us having fun!
Then I played a concert in France with Deep Rumba... I call this band "The Mental Hospital"! 2 drummers, 5 percussion players, 1 bass, 1 violin, and 1 singer!
And from there we went to Holland to the North Sea Jazz Festival where I played twice... once with Deep Rumba & once with Jack Bruce.
And then I came back home and on Monday, the 23rd, I played with a quartet on the memorial for our friend Steve. That same night, I got the horrible news that my father had passed away... Dealing with the pain, tomorrow I go into the studio with Michel to start on his new record... So I will let you know.
Til Next Time... bye bye
Negro
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
Peter Erskine Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your last chance to win a Live Concert Video by The Peter Erskine Trio - The Peter Erskine Trio Live at Jazz Baltica!
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! Lots of music from Akira Jimbo, Bill Bruford, Brad Dutz, Bernard Purdie, Bobby Rock, Billy Ward, Carmine Appice, Chuck Silverman, Dave Abbruzzese, Don Brewer, Danny Gottlieb, Danny Reyes, Ed Shaughnessy, Gregg Gerson, Graham Hawthorne, Giovanni Hidalgo, Hilary Jones, Ignacio Berroa, Ian Paice, Joey Heredia, Jonathan Mover, Jim Payne, John Reily, Kalani, Leon Mobley, Layne Redmond, Mike Botts, Matt Chamberlain, Mike Mangini, Marco Minneman, El Negro Hernandez, Peter Erskine, Paolo Mattioli, Richie Garcia, Ricky Sebastian, Steve Luongo, Steve Smith, Tom Teasley, Zack Danzinger and coming next week... more music from Dave Abbruzzese & Terry Silverlight!
Videos with Arthur Hull, Carmine Appice, Christine Stevens, Dave Weckl, Herman Matthews, Jim Chapin, Jerry Steinholtz, Joey Heredia, Kalani, Kim Atkinson, Kevin Ricard, Rayford Griffin, Tal Bergman, Tony Braunagel!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows, Festivals & Clinics with Layne Redmond, Carter Beauford, Sheila E, Ringo Starr, Scott Breadman, Chico Hamilton, Joe Smyth, Alan White, Travis Barker, Joel Rosenblatt, Rick Latham, Billy Cobham, Ben Perowsky, Amir Ziv, Carl Allen, Frank Colon, Blas Elias, Victor Bisetti, Tom Teasley, Ian Paice, Clayton Cameron, JD Blair, James Brown, Norman Hassan, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Paul Wertico, John Lewis, Ron Bushy, Groove Collective, Michael Spiro, Paul van Wageningen, Doane Perry, Kalani, Billy Hulting, Kenwood Dennard, Andrew Cyrille, Alessandra Belloni, Paolo Mattioli, Arthur Hull, Cyro Baptista, Kim Atkinson...
AT&T Latino Cultural Festival, KOSA International Percussion Workshop, 3rd Annual Bellevue Percussion Camp, Fakoli Dance & Drum Cultural Exchange Trip to Senegal (w/ Fode Sissoko), 2nd Annual Fore-Fote Drum & Dance Workshop Tour w/ M. Lamine "Dibo" Camara, Full Moon Drumming, Drum Circle Facilitator's Training w/ Paolo Mattioli, Lark in the Morning Music Celebration, Bones Fest V, Drumming Workshop, Michael Markus Drum & Dance Workshops, Inanna, Moonrise (All-Women Tambourine Procession), Paulo Mattioli Healing Arts & Spiritual Growth Workshops 2001, Djembe Woodshed Workshop, Pre-Burning Man Beach Burn, Sabar Workshop w/ Modhu Diouf, Drum Jam at The Ranch, Doununba, Moon Dance, All Souls Rhythm Circle, Full Moon Ceremonial Drumming, DrumConnection's Special Workshop & Drum Jam - Pot Luck, Earth Drum Councils Drum & Dance, Big Reef Drum Jam, Arthur Hull's Advanced Mentorship Training, Taketina - voice / body percussion workshop w/ Greg Burrows, Seattle Kokon Taiko, AfroCuban Master Class w/ Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Arthur Hull's 6th Annual Hawaii Facilitators Play Shop, African Drum & Dance Camp, Jazz Tap & Drums, Maui Rhythm Village 2001, Maine Summer Drumming Series w/ John McDowell, Joseph "Pepe" Danza Intermediate & Advanced Drumming Instruction, Bahia Folklorica: Roots of Brazilian Dance & Music, Redmond Family Fun Drum Circle, African Drumming workshop w/ Malo Sonko, One World Summer Drum Camp for Kids, Frederic Macarez Percussion & Timpani Master Class, George Gray Drum Clinic, Firedance 2001, Congolese Dance & Drum Workshop, Midwest Drum & Dance Festival, DrumStock 2001 at SpiritStock 2001, International Percussion Festival, 5th Annual West African Drum & Dance Camp, 2001 Bob Marley Festival Tour, Doumbek Workshops w/ Jamal Mohamed & Reda Darwish, Percussive Arts Society Singapore Chapter 2nd Day Of Percussion, Zenshuji Zendeko Taiko & San Jose Taiko, Alessandra Belloni - Special Healing Dance & Percussion Workshop, Healing Journey w/ Paolo Mattioli, Catskill Mountain Womyn's World Drum & Percussion Happen'n 2001, San Jose Taiko, 5th Annual Lake Quinault Drum-In, Brazil Camp, Burning Man, Celebrate The Spirit! 2001, Drum & Dance Camp California, Repercussions, Chicago Jazz Fest...
Artist News & Updates with Dave Abbruzzese, Kenny Aronoff, Gregg Gerson, Larry Aberman, Daniel de los Reyes, Steve Reid, Brian Tichy, Frank Bellucci, Cougar Estrada...
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery... Alvino Bennett at LA's The Mint & Rikki Rockett's new Titanium kit from Innovation Drums!
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
New Your Drum Music with Chris Carroll!
New photos in Your Drums Photo Gallery!
Manufacturer's & Industry News Area! from Berklee Press, Calato, VH1, Drum Workshop, Crmav.com, Evans Drumheads....
Updated Links!
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new Wally's Learning Center, new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery, and more!
www.ElNegro.com all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary, current news, and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads!
interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.LeonMobley.com NEW Site! photo gallery, itinerary, and more!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out!
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2001
©All Rights Reserved
Welcome to the
July '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Negro's Musings....
(guest muser this month... Dennis Chambers)
I've been doing a lot of recording and touring lately... just completed a tour with CAB (Bunny Brunell, Brian Auger, Tony MacAlpine & myself). That was like a two and a half week tour through the east and mid-west. It was a very pleasurable tour, musically!
Just finished recording 10 tracks with Santana... and am leaving here on the 17th to do a tour with Mike Stern. It's a Japan, Hong Kong thing and I'll be out with that til the 10th of August.
After that, I'll be working with Darryl Jones (bass player with The Stones) and Andy Summers (guitar player from The Police). That'll put me out til November.
Back to Japan to do a recording with this guy named Kenkawa... another recording possibly with Tesuo Sakural (bass player for Casciopia).
Probably after that, I will be doing 2 weeks with George Duke (one week of gigs and another week recording)...
Well, that takes us to the end of the year!
Have fun everybody!
(And say Hello to El Negro for me... I never get to see him anymore! When I'm home... he's on the road, and when he's home... I'm out!)
Dennis (and the spirit of El Negro)
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
NEW! Peter Erskine Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win a Live Concert Video by The Peter Erskine Trio - The Peter Erskine Trio Live at Jazz Baltica!
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! Lots of new music from Carmine Appice, Brad Dutz, Ricky Sebastian!
NEW! videos with Carmine Appice, Dave Weckl, Joey Heredia, Rayford Griffin!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows, Festivals & Clinics with Dale Crover, Billy Cobham, Doane Perry, Frank Colon, JD Blair, Virgil Donati, Mike Portnoy, Steve Luongo, Tommy Campbell, Carl Allen, Evelyn Glennie, Ben Perowsky, Dennis Chambers, Ian Paice, Danny Reyes, Joe Smyth, John Lewis, Ron Bushy, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Billy Ward, Kenwood Dennard, Joel Rosenblatt, Carter Beauford, Blas Elias, Dave Weckl, Tom Teasley, Scott Breadman, Amir Ziv, Cyro Baptista, Bob Breithaupt, Guy Remonko, Ed Soph, Zoro, Rick Latham, Alessandra Belloni, Layne Redmond, Paul Wertico, Steve Smith, Efrain Toro, Rey Monroig, Agustin Barreto, Carl Palmer, Billy Hulting, Peter Erskine, Alan White, Sheila E, Ringo Starr, Bernard Purdie, Adam Arkin, Kevyn Lettau, Mike Shapiro, Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, Walfredo De Los Reyes Sr., Randy Tico, Steve Fister, Tommy Aldridge, Joe Porcaro, Ralph Humphrey, Ndugu Chancler, The Estrada Brothers, Carmine Appice, Conga Punks, Victor Vega, James Antunez, Ed Shaughnessy, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Glen Velez, Dom Famularo, Lou Robinson, Marco Lienhard, Johnny Rabb, Mario De Ciutiis, Aldo Mazza, Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Rick Van Horn, Paul Picard, Morris "Arnie" Lang, Ritchie Gajate- Garcia, Beverley Johnston, Allan Molnar, Karen Ervin Pershing, Memo Acevedo, Marco Minnemann, Gordon Gottlieb, Repercussion...
International African Arts Festival, Bob Marley Festival Tour, The Istanbul Orchestra, Full Moon Drumming, Montreaux Jazz Festival, Phoenix Festival, Taste of Africa, The World Is You: A World Beat/Fusion Dance Event by DIAJ (Drummers in a Jam), Summer Drumset Workshop, Jimmy Bosch Group, One World Summer Drum Camp for Kids, Seattle Kokon Taiko, Young Women's Overnight w/ Judy Piazza, Concert Of Colors, Maine Summer Drumming Series w/ Ubaka Hill, Wah Wah 2nd Annual West African Dance & Drum Conference, Mohamed Diaby, Yamoussa Camara, Mouminatou Camara, Samba Diallo, Sekou Sylla, Suquan Diop, Souleymane Diop, Ngoma Ndaw, Souleymane Ndiaye, Alisco Diabate, Sidiki Sylla, Lisangua Ya Bato Dance & Drum Camp, Tambu Drum Fest 2001, "Can't Hold Back the Dawning" Ubaka Hill w/ The Drumsong Orchestra & Inanna, Sisters In Rhythm, Drumset Camp, Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks w/ the Akwaaba Drum Orchestra, Rhythm Sticks 2001, Repercussions Percussion Ensemble, Songs Of The Spirit Candlelight Concert, Resonance & Rhythms Workshop, Afrocuba Percussion Workshops, Taketina, 5th Annual Vashon Percussion Camp, Vox Mundi Project Retreat, Summer Fire Drum Circle, African Drum & Dance Camp w/ Tony Vacca, Sekou Sylla & Steve Leicach, (The Rhythmic Arts Project & LAMA, in association w/ Eddie Tuduri) Percussion Concert & Party, KOSA International Percussion Workshop...
NEW! Drummers Centerfold w/ Rod Bland!
Artist News & Updates with Ed Soph, Roger Squitero, Hip Pickles, Jamie Oldaker, Emil Richards, Mike Botts...
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery!
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
NEW! Your Drum Music!
New photos in Your Drums Photo Gallery!
Manufacturer's & Industry News Area! from American Music Conference, Bernard Purdie, Drum! Magazine, Drum Workshop, Drummers Collective, Evans Drumheads, Five-Starr Drumshops, Free But Happy, Hudson Music, Modern Drummer Magazine, VH1...
Updated Links!
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new Wally's Learning Center, new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery, and more!
www.ElNegro.com all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary, current news, and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads!
interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.LeonMobley.com NEW Site! photo gallery, itinerary, and more!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out! and be sure to contact her to place your banner ad on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site
Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2001
©All Rights Reserved
Welcome to the
June '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Congrats to the winners of the Tito Puente Trivia Contest (made possible by the great folks at Hudson Music!)
Bruce bz Dooley, IL
Melissa A. Mathew, TX
Eric Schwartz, MA
Aaron Chio, Mexico
They have each won Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King - book/cd by Tito Puente and Jim Payne
Negro's Musings....
Michel Camilo is back! (He did a record with Spanish Flamenco guitar player Tomatito - means "Little Tomatoe" in Spanish). They were touring for a year with just piano and guitar... so I said to Michel "Enough tomatoe! We need some ketchup and mustard!!" And finally Michel is back with the trio (Anthony Jackson on bass). So we played the Blue Note (May 8-13) and it was great to finally play the music... after recording it over a year ago! It was also a celebration of the coming out of the movie "Calle 54", which is a movie about the history and main components of Latin Jazz (Tito, Chucho Valdez, Michel Camilo, Jerry Gonzales, Paquito D'Rivera and many many more.)
On the 14th, I traveled to Japan to play with Kip Hanrahan Deep Rumba, which is a percussive mental hospital that features Changito, Richie Flores, Robby Ameen & myself on drums, 3 or 4 more percussion players and whoever else wants to be in the band! (Last year's special guest was Chad Smith.)
Right after that I had the most horrible trip in my life! So I flew from Japan to New York... was home 4 hours... and then I flew from New York to Paris... I had a delay in the French airport for 5 hours!! And then flew to Luxembourg... And we played with Michel 2 hours! Nonstop!! Then we went to France, and I just flew back home yesterday.
And today I rehearsed with Joachim Kuhn (a brother from the no-longer-existing East Germany who, by the way, has been the piano player for Ornette Coleman, Billy Cobham and many more.) We are ready to go tomorrow morning to the studio!
So please wish me a good session 'cause I need it!
Until next time...
Just don’t stop practicing!
El Negro
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
NEW! Peter Erskine Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win a Live Concert Video by The Peter Erskine Trio - The Peter Erskine Trio Live at Jazz Baltica!
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! Lots of new music from El Negro Hernandez & Giovanni Hidalgo, Graham Hawthorne, Jim Payne, The de los Reyes Family... Danny Reyes, Walfredo Reyes Jr & Walfredo Reyes Sr, Dave Abbruzzese & Mike Dillon, Mike Botts!
NEW! videos from the Seattle World Rhythm Festival 2001 Arthur Hull, Christine Stevens, Jerry Steinholtz, Kalani, Kim Atkinson!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows & Clinics with El Negro, Joel Rosenblatt, Steve Luongo, Bill Bruford, Chris DeRosa, Devon Glenn, Doane Perry, Erik Hargrove, JD Blair, Tom Teasley, Los Afortunados, Cougar Estrada, Jota Morelli, Virgil Donati, Blas Elias, Cyro Baptista, Evelyn Glennie, Ian Paice, Joe Smyth, Peter Erskine, Tommy Campbell, Tico Torres, Carter Beauford, Dave Weckl, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Ben Perowsky, Ricky Sebastian, Billy Ward, Liberty DeVitto, Danny Reyes, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Paul Wertico, Babatunde Olatunji, Bernard Purdie, Jonathan Haas, Kim Atkinson, Rick Latham, Ron Bushy, Andrew Cyrille, John Lewis, Barry Bernstein, Mike Mangini, Steve Smith, David Leach, Layne Redmond, Sheila E, Pete Escovedo, Carl Allen, Bermudez Triangle (w/ Jorge Bermudez, Raul Rekow, Karl Perazzo), Dennis Chambers, Terry Silverlight, Billy Hulting, Dale Crover, Clayton Cameron, Mike Portnoy, Alessandra Belloni, Frank Colon, Billy Cobham...
Hand Drumming Classes w/ Don Davidson, Atlanta Percussion Seminar 2001, Camp Tumbuka 2001, Drum Maintenance Demonstration, Miami Beach World Music Festival, Spring Renewal Gathering, Ubaka Hill Art & Spirit of Drumming Workshop, Ozark Regional Rainbow Gathering, Amir Ziv - Live Drum 'n Bass, FreeSpirit Dance, Los Pioneros, Drum & Dance Performance & Class w/ AyanAgalu, GRAViTON: Tha African Arts Network, AyanAgalu, Yoruba Bata Drums and Egungun Ancestral Masquerades from Nigeria, Djembe Festival, Michael Markus - Djembe/Doundoun workshop, The DrumConnection's Playshop, Rhythms of Africa, DragonDance, Summer Intensive Drum & Dance, Full Moon Drumming, Famoudou Konate Workshop, Drumming for Wellness Weekend Retreat (w/ Mickey Hart, Arthur Hull, Barry Bernstein, Randy Crafton, Lee Veal, Allaudin Ottinger), Perkusia Percussion Festival, Healing Drum Circle, Yaya Diallo & Inanna Traditional Drum & Dance workshop, Didgeridoo Workshop, Tour to Mali w/ Abdoul Doumbia, Yaya Diallo Minianka Healing Ritual, Improvisational Music Therapy, Women Only Drum & Percussion Circle, Jembe and Dance Institute, 8th Annual Philadelphia Music Conference, Earthspirit Rising Conference, Inanna - Sisters in Rhythm & The Beatroots, CommUnity Peace Festival Benefit Weekend Concert & Camp-Out, Healing / Dance / Percussion Workshops, Perc Fest, Unity With A Beat!, Groove Collective, Butte Meadows Brazilian Drum & Dance Camp, 2001 Bob Marley Festival Tour, Rhythm Journey w/ Paolo Mattioli, Dialog of the Drums, Junk Percussion Marching Band, Dallas International Festival w/ World Showcase Drum Circle, Second Annual Drum Dance Trance w/Madou Dembele, Percfest 2001, Annual Ring Women's Retreat, Facilitator's Rhythmical Playshop w/ Arthur Hull, Crossmen, The Cadets, The Blue Devils, The Cavaliers plus JSU "Spirit" & Teal Sound, Drum Dance Trance Festival w/ Madou Dembele, Isla de Cuba Folkloric Tour w/ RhythMix Cultural Works, Drum Building Workshop, Berklee World Percussion and Mallet Festival, UNT Marching Percussion Camp, International African Arts Festival, Unity Concert w/ Maya Soleil, 3rd Annual Breitenbush Rhythm Festival, Rhythms of Life Weekend & Frame Drum Making Workshop...
NEW! lesson from Frank Colon - How to play Berimbau - Part 2
Artist News & Updates from Dave Abbruzzese, Rick Latham, Ted Parsons, Mike Botts, Steve Smith, Billy Higgins (We Miss You!), Terry Silverlight, Julio Figueroa, Bobby Rock, Cougar Estrada
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery!
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
NEW! Your Drum Music from John Favicchia
NEW! Your Drums Photo Gallery!
Manufacturer's & Industry News Area! Find out about all the great drum & percussion products from Ayotte, Bobby Rock, The Collective, Drumlesson.com, Evans Drumheads, Grand School of Music, Regal Tip, Scorchmusic.com, TreeWorks and more...
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new Wally's Learning Center, new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery, current news and more!
www.ElNegro.com all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary, current news, and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads! interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.LeonMobley.com coming soon!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out! and be sure to contact her to place your banner ad on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site
Volume 5 Issue 6 June 2001
©All Rights Reserved
Welcome to the
April '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Negro's Musings....
This time Mother Nature canceled twice the clinic that was supposed to be at Drummer's Collective... 2 heavy snow days in New York. So it seems that snow & drums don't go together... especially for people from the Caribbean! But it's gonna happen... Thursday, April 12. We hope it won't snow!
So then I went to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego & Chicago for a small clinic tour with Richie Flores... The Hurricane! We had a lot of fun. Many friends came to see us, especially San Francisco... Karl Perazzo, Jesus Diaz!
Right after that, I rehearsed one day and recorded 3 days with John Patitucci. The record will feature also Marc Quinones on percussion. Since we did my last Modern Drummer video, we have become "a real percussion section"!
The day after we finished John's record, I went into the studio with Juan Carlos Formell, which is a Cuban singer / songwriter, and son of the leader of a band called Los Van Van (they are the Michael Jacksons of Cuba!).
After that, I went into a different studio... this time putting together a project of my own with one of the producers & engineers of The Wu Tang Clan... We goin' Rap, too!
Two days after that, I had a very fun week playing with the legend Eddie Palmieri at The Blue Note in New York. Richie (Flores) was on congas, too... it's a blessing to play with such a maestro!
3 days off!! ... to learn the music of Fahir Atakoglu, which is a master musician & composer commissioned by the Turkish government to write the music for the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the Turkish Revolution. It was a great experience for me because all Turkish music is based on odd times.. 5/8, 9/8, 10/8. But it was great to see how they can make beautiful music - that people who are not musicians can understand - while using all these complicated rhythms!
While in Istanbul, I was very honored to do the first drum clinic EVER in Turkey! They have a drum club (a school and an organization) that is very, very happening! And they were super-nice people! Anyone who wants to get in touch, you can write to drumclub@yahoo.com.
From Turkey, I flew to Italy where in 10 days I did... 1 seminar, 1 clinic, 1 record & 10 concerts! It was a beautiful tour of Italy, as always... but, as you can imagine, very busy!
Got home from Italy 2 days ago, and yesterday I went to Buffalo, NY to play at Maelstrom Percussion and The Maelstrom Percussion Festival.
Now I have 2 days at home... and a gumbo waiting for me Wednesday morning in New Orleans (to play with Bill Summers). I'll see you there!
Just don’t stop practicing!
El Negro
ps... My website is finally back up... and is being updated with all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
NEW! Tito Puente Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King - book/cd
by Tito Puente and Jim Payne
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! Lots of new music from Leon Mobley & videos from Seattle's World Rhythm Festival!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows & Clinics with Will Calhoun, El Negro, Carl Palmer, Young Dubliners, Rusty Knorr, Chico Hamilton, Zoro, Dom Famularo, Candido Camero, Terry Bozzio, Bobby Sanabria, Giovanni Hidalgo, Babatunde Olatunji, Arthur Hull, David Eyler, Kenne Thomas, Hip Pickles, Glen Velez, Simon Phillips, Walfredo Reyes Jr, Tom Teasley, David Leach, Joel Rosenblatt, Steve Smith, Victor Bisetti, Gregg Bissonette, Billy Ward, Mark Schulman...
Molson Canadian Music Week Festival, Northeast Custom & Vintage Drum Show, Berklee College of Music Percussion Week, WGI Percussion World Championships, Drumming Together concert & Ta Ke Ti Na experience, Tribute to Babatunde Olatunji, Alabama PAS 7th Annual Day of Percussion, Bob Marley Festival Tour, Drum Celebration, Abdoul Doumbia & Djeneba Sako w/ Baraka Drum and Dance Ensemble, M'bemba Bangoura & Youssouf Koumbassa Guinea West African Drum & Dance Workshop, Day of Clinics, Spring Fire Drum Circle, New Orleans’ French Quarter Festival, Dance for the Planet, Repercussions w/ Ubaka Hill, The Army Blues (US Army Band Big Band) tribute to Buddy Rich, Greeley Jazz Festival, Disabled Drummers Association 1st Annual Variety Show...
Artist News & Updates from Terry Silverlight & Joel Taylor.
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery! (Pam's just back from Seattle's World Rhythm Festival!)
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
Manufacturer's News Area! Find out about all the great drum & percussion products
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery and more!
www.ElNegro.com it's baaaack!
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's site... NEW music downloads! interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out! and be sure to contact her to place your banner ad on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site
Volume 5 Issue 4 April 2001
©All Rights Reserved
Welcome to the
March '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Negro's Musings....
It's a short one this time... I hope to see you all at my clinic at Drummer's Collective today!
Just don’t stop practicing!
El Negro (and the spirit of Pam)
ps... My website is finally back up... and has been updated with all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time "
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website! Lots of new music coming in the next few days or so (waiting impatiently for my DSL to come back up!) but in the meantime, here's a reminder of a few you may have missed... Akira Jimbo, Bill Bruford, Bernard Purdie, Bobby Rock, Billy Ward, Chuck Silverman, Dave Abbruzzese, Don Brewer, Danny Gottlieb, Ed Shaughnessy, Gregg Gerson, Hilary Jones, Ignacio Berroa, Ian Paice, John Bergamo, Joey Heredia, Jonathan Mover, John Reily, Kalani, Matt Chamberlain, Mike Mangini, Marco Minneman, El Negro, Peter Erskine, Paulo Mattioli, Richie Garcia, Steve Smith, Tom Teasley, Zack Danzinger & videos from Herman Matthews, Jim Chapin, Joey Heredia, Kevin Ricard, Tal Bergman & Tony Braunagel...
NEW! Tito Puente Trivia Contest (brought to you by the great folks at Hudson Music!) - Here's your chance to win Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King - book/cd
by Tito Puente and Jim Payne
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows & Clinics with El Negro, Groove Collective, David Leach, Danny Reyes, Young Dubliners, Candido Camero, Patato Valdez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Talking Drums, Daisy Shumake, Johnny Lee Lane, Steve Smith, Arvin Scott, Stefon Harris, Jimmy Bosch Group, Bobby Sanabria, Tony Royster, Paulo Mattioli, Larry Harlow, Ruben Alvarez, Marc Quinones, Babatunde Olatunji & his Drums of Passion, Joseph Gramley, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Arthur Hull, Jose Rossy, Futureman's Drum & Percussion Camp, Victor Bisetti...
Being There Foundation Healing Sound Talk & Workshop, Fire Drum Circle, TaKeTiNa Workshop, WGI Percussion Regionals, Magbana Drum & Dance, Keba Cissoko & Tamalalou, Drummers in a Jam, Hommy 2001, Sound Health Workshop, Frame Drums & Sound Health w/ Music Therapy Program, Rhythm & Song Circles, Earth Rhythms & Songs; Drums and Chants from Around the World, Maya Soleil, Collage De La Cultures Africanes 2001, Doundounba, Bob Marley Festival Tour, Kodo: Taiko Drumming, Nikolai's Rhythm Frame Drum Ensemble class, West African Style Drum & Dance Camp, West African Djembe & Dundun drumming workshops, Samba Ngo, New Ancient Equinox Retreat, Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, Djembe workshops, 6th Annual Drum Daze Festival, Frame Drum Series, Seattle World Rhythm Festival, American Music Therapy Conference, Molson Canadian Music Week Festival, A Cappella Meets Afro-Beat...
Artist News & Updates from Ernie Durawa, Ramon Yslas, Chris DeRosa, Ralph Humphrey, Sue Hadjopoulos, Doc Gibbs, Cougar Estrada, Rick Latham, Louie Bellson, Joel Rosenblatt, Walfredo Reyes, Jr, ...
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery! Freddy Gruber shares some amazing photos from his archives, photos from the road with Efrain Toro & Mike Smith, and hangin' out in LA with Walfredo Reyes, Jr, Dave Weckl & Herman Matthews...
New Drummers Centerfold w/ Steve Luongo!
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
NEW Manufacturer's News Area! Find out about all the great drum & percussion products
Support those that support us! Hudson Music, Visu-lite Cymbals / Electronic Percussion System, Atlanta Pro Percussion, Song3 and more! See an interesting banner ad on the site? Go ahead and click on it... the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site will stay open on your computer.
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery and more!
www.ElNegro.com it's baaaack!
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's new site... interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.InGotham.com Ya gotta check out these guys!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
www.DianeLotny.com amazing funk & blues singer... ya gotta check her out! and be sure to contact her to place your banner ad on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site
Volume 5 Issue 3 March 2001
©All Rights Reserved
Welcome to the
February '01 Monthly Email Newsletter
Negro's Musings....
Big thanks to Hudson Video and Regal Tip sticks! They donated my video & signature sticks as prizes for the "El Negro Trivia Contest" on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site! I hope you had fun with the contest... here's the lucky winners:
Diane Jones, Aptos, CA; Joey "sticks" Kelich, Freehold, NJ; Michael D. Mathew, Commerce, TX; Jim Dwyer, Ontario, Canada; Gaelyn Larrick, Ashland, OR; Adam Rugo, St. Louis, MO; Jonathan Oliver, New Haven, CT; Tommy S. Campbell, Salyersville, KY; Paul Maringelli, Long Island City, NY
I'm home for a minute... getting ready for my clinic at Drummer's Collective. It's been so busy lately, I'm not sure I remember everywhere I've been! Let's see... I went to New Orleans to record with Los Hombres Caliente (which is a mix of New Orleans, Jazz & Latin music... lead by percussion legend Bill Summers).
Then to Sao Paolo... my first time in Brazil! Next I recorded with Charles Flores (a great, young bass player who just came from Cuba). Then I played with my "blues connection", Larry Baeder, in New York City.
Then off to Spain with Gabriella Anders. A great surprise... I found Jerry Gonzales and we jammed for 4 days with all the Spanish gypsies (played Flamenco music). It was my brother's birthday and I played (a little late) Santa and brought all of my brother's presents.
Next... I got stuck in Cincinnati because of snow! I was trying to go to the House of Blues with Los Hombres Caliente... oooops!
Then it was 3 days in the studio with Robby Ameen, writing the music and recording our Drummer's Duo record. We already have half of the record! Look for it... it's very spontaneous music!
Played 2 sold-out shows at Tonic in New York City with Los Cubanos Postizos (Marc Ribot, guitar). This was the first time I played with them... it's Afro-Cuban music and they kind of remake the music of Arsenio Rodriguez.
Home for a week!! It was great!
Then to New Orleans to finish the Los Hombres Caliente record... Back to New York for a gig with Hiram Bullock (guitar), James Hurt (keyboard) and Sergio Drandao (bass). Then played the opening ceremony and a drum clinic at IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) with John Pattitucci. We had to go to Boston for a gig... in between the opening ceremony & my drum clinic! IAJE was a lot of fun... got to hang out with Steve Houghton, Dave Weckl, Adam Nussbaum, Wil Calhoun, Roy Haynes, John Santos, Bobby Sanabria...
Did a gig with Los Hombres Caliente in Traverse, MI... then it was off to Japan with Los Cubanos Postizos. I was able to see my good friend Tommy Campbell and ate lots of sushi!
Back in NY, I attended a screening at ASCAP of a film by Ivan Acosta... "Como Se Forma Una Rumba" (How To Make A Rumba / The Making Of A Rumba). It's a great documentary about a concert we (a lot of Cuban musicians) performed at Town Hall in New York City.
Then played Lincoln Center with Gabriel Anders (Mark Whitfield, guitar)....
Now I have to get ready for my clinic at Drummers Collective... I am very honored to be playing in a place that some of the best drummers come out of!
Fabio says Hi! to Freddie Gruber!
Just don’t stop practicing...
El Negro & (the spirit of) Pam
ps... My website is finally back up... and will be updated in the next week or so with all the info on my new book "Conversations In Clave", my video "Live At The Modern Drummer Festival 2000", and the new cd with Giovanni Hidalgo "Traveling Through Time ".
The DrumsOnTheWeb site...
Music, Music, Music!!! That's what you'll find on the DrumsOnTheWeb.com website!
New music from Paolo Mattioli! Video clips from NAMM with Jim Chapin... and backstage at the NAMM Sabian party with Herman Matthews, Joey Heredia, Kevin Ricard, Tal Bergman, Tony Braunagel!
There's LOTS of fun stuff going on!
Upcoming Shows & Clinics with Joel Rosenblatt, Sue Hadjopoulos, Young Dubliners, Herman Matthews, Rod Bland, Le Percussions de Guinea, Walfredo Reyes Jr, El Negro, David Leach, Terry Silverlight, Groove Collective, Driod: Project Alpha w/ Amir Ziv & Cyro Baptista, Rayford Griffin, Ray Brinker, Tom Teasley, Toss Panos, Jason Harnell, Danny Reyes, Kenny Washington, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tom Brechtlein...
Egyptian Tambourine Workshop w/ Glen Velez, Ubaka Hill - weekend intensive for women drummers, WGI Percussion Regionals, Rhythm Kings, Company Fore-Fote: Music and Dance in Black and White weekly workshops in Guinea, Ganesh Kumar, West African Dance & Drum Conference & Performance 2001, Jazz Taps & Drums, Maya Soleil, Son, Rumba & Bata w/ Abraham Rodriguez & Friends, Taikoz Concert...
Artist News & Updates from John JR Robinson, Billy Higgins, Steve Smith, Jose Rossy...
Lots of new photos in the photo gallery! Drum Day LA 2000, Y-Spirit Benefit Concert & NAMM 2001...
On-going Drum Circles have been updated.
NEW Manufacturer's News Area! Find out about all the great drum & percussion products.
Support those that support us! DrumsChops.com, Hudson Music, Visu-lite Cymbals / Electronic Percussion System, Atlanta Pro Percussion, Song3 and more!
See an interesting banner ad on the site? Go ahead and click on it...
the DrumsOnTheWeb.com site will stay open on your computer.
The On-line Drum Shop has been moved to http://www.AtlantaProPercussion.com... "the bricks behind the clicks!"
Note... DrumsOnTheWeb.com is Artist-Friendly!!! We use Liquid Audio... The sound is great! The player is free! (plays Liquid Audio, mp3 and more...) And, most importantly... the artist is involved! What a concept! All music on this site is here with complete knowledge and input from the artist.
Surf around... take a listen... download a few great tunes... and have fun!
Be sure to check out the DrumsOnTheWeb.com VIP websites...
www.WalfredoReyesJr.com new photos, updated itinerary and more!
www.GreggGerson.com updated itinerary, photo gallery and more!
www.ElNegro.com manyana, manyana
www.TomTeasley.com updated itinerary and more!
www.FunkyDrummer.com Jim Payne's new site... interviews, books for sale and more! (new Tito Puente book!)
www.InGotham.com Ya gotta check out these guys!
www.MarkEpstein.com ok, he's a bass player (with Johnny Winter)... but it's a great site!
www.FreeAssociationRecords.com Dave Abbruzzese's new site!
Volume 5 Issue 2 February 2001
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