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[Quinto Governor II]

Patato gives some of his philosophy on the conga drum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmk0IVi2Xu4

[niallgregory]

Hey congamyk i put up those grooves again for ya .Slowed down so you can see whats happening easily .Theres samba de caboclo , Barravento and congo .


Hey now, are they supposd to be green congas?

There blue ! Is that an Irish joke ???

[congamyk]

Thanks NG. Brazilian grooves are hard to find here.
There are a million guitar players but few drummers where I am.

By the way are you left handed?

[niallgregory]

no mate im right handed .enjoy !

[JohnnyConga]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xwNo-NvaSl8


ok guys now back to practicing!!...one of the new young lions.....from Puerto Rico...it's interesting that the crowd doesnt get moved until he does his "tricks"(crossover hands routine)...I guess his proficiency wasn;t enough huh?....why is that?......Johnny Conga...

[windhorse]

HEY GUYS HERE IS "PATATO'S MEMORIAL IN NYC"....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upoAeFYOpno


JOHNNY CONGA....

Hey Johnny, who's the line-up there?
It's not every day that you've got a group of coro all standing, and the Akpon is on Itotele.

Thanks!

[JohnnyConga]

All I know is that Gene Golden,Puntilla, and others are in this video memorial...Johnny Conga...

[congamyk]

This guy is pretty talented.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXF0JdQC8n0



Edited By ABAKUA on 1201516280

[tfunk]

WOW to both of those videos!! Amazing displays of technique and independence. Thanks.

tfunk

[Congadelica]

Another gem , Chembo with a little mano secreta variation . Im diggin it .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acdNU_mTp0o

[JohnnyConga]

ok first Chembo is on the left and Pedrito Martinez on the right THIS IS NOT A 6/8 BEMBE...it is an "open style rumba jam"....whoever posted that is wrong...Johnny Conga....

[afrocubarico]

Congadelica,
Thank you for posting that link to Chembo and Pedrito. That was great to watch/listen to. Take another look at Pedrito's style. His style of playing tumbadoras comes from the school of Tata Guines. Pure and simple. And Pedrito demonstrates his drumming prowess quite impressively. I think however, in my opinion, that he doesn't quite yet have the maturity in his playing as Tata developed many, many years ago, although its just a matter of time. All in all, it was totally awesome to see him play here in this video, the dude rocks! Btw, Chembo keeps a beautiful, steady time. Another great conguero who I admire, Wilson "Chembo" Corniel.

afrocubarico



Edited By afrocubarico on 1201686662

[bongosnotbombs]

I was searching around the net for Carlos Aldama, who I take classes with and found these videos of my class taken just before I started going, thats Carlos in the red.

It's a fun class, half the appeal is the great "classroom" it's in the playground of Cesar Chavez school. One of the Carlos's students is a teacher there.

The whole side of the school is covered in a mural commemorating Cesar Chavez a champion for the rights of migrant farmworkers

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[bongosnotbombs]

another one.

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[Quinto Governor II]

Some classic solo phrases in this one. This must be a hot spot in NYC.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u67P08zfGao