by jorge » Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:12 am
This is a mixed rhythm with both bomba and oriza. There is definitely a bomba rhythm, including very typical bomba riffs on the quinto (primo). The rhythm is also mixed with oriza but not the original Cuban version of oriza by Silvestre Mendez or the modified Puerto Rican version that Cortijo and Ismael did some years later that flipped the bell to the upbeats from the original downbeat pattern of Silvestre Mendez. They changed the oriza high drum part. The high drum is definitely playing a bomba pattern with bomba riffs interspersed with the typical buleador part, on top of the tumbador playing an oriza rhythm, with the bell on the upbeats like Cortijo. Not sure if it was Milton Cardona overdubbing the 2 conga parts or Jose Mangual on tumbadora. Either way, very creative fusion of 2 rhythms, one of Willie and Hector's biggest hits. Las dos alas...