Lead to another question JC. Are all the top congueros ampidextrious?? For example, Mongo, Armando, Patato, Aguabella,
I saw Aguabella play last Saturday (Fillmore Street Jazz Festival, San Francisco...a FREE event!!!...front row... autograph... photo togther... ok, ok, I'll stop "rubbing it in") and it was great despite havoc caused by the pacific coast winds on the sheet music of band (outdoor staged event).
So, to get to your question, Aguabella is not ambidextrous. His left seemed stiffer and less active than the right. Nevertheless, still a great player and musician.
btw, I noticed that often his tumbao was very minimalist.
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The tempos were not prohibitively fast so I don't think that's the reason for dropping notes. So, is this sparse tumbao common with other players or just his style?
chris
Edited By CongaCaja on July 08 2003 at 06:02