PELLO EL AFROKAN - CONGAS POR BARRIOS mrclave 2012-07-25 | begins with/comienza con SOLO by/por PELLO EL AFROKAN____________-Yo Soy Tambor {{{ PELLO el AFROKAN solo, ap. 1988!!!! }}}-Las Bolleras [barrio: Los Sitios] -Los Dandy [barrio: Belén] -Los Marqueses [barrio: Atarés] -Los Dandy [barrio: Belén] -El Alacrán [barrio: El Cerro]
PELLO el AFROKAN - taller CONGA - lesson on the Cuban Carnaval rhythm mrclave 2012-07-06 | disfrutelo y aprendelo bien!(YES, it starts off rather quietly. It's called "dynamics," otherwise its not music but banging. Anyway, if you don't speak spanish, here is what's happening: after a brief introduction, Pello is going to talk about and demonstrate the various drum rhythms which combine to form the "CONGA" melody. Conga does not mean the same thing in Cuba as in America, btw....)Pello, El Afrokan(La habana 7 de enero de 1933 - 9 de diciembre de 2000) Cuando con sólo doce años se presentó en el Teatro Martí con sus hermanos Gilberto y Robertico, respondía por Pedro Izquierdo - su verdadero nombre-, y desde entonces Pello El Afrokán - como quedaría nombrado para la inmortalidad - comenzó a colocar los puntos sobre las íes (o mejor: sobre los parches de las tumbadoras), aunque fue sobre todo con su ritmo Mozambique que este valioso músico consigue rápidamente acaparar la atención de toda Cuba y parte del mundo.El Mozambique para Pello surge con la Revolución, el nombre lo escoge al buscar las raíces de nuestra música en África y se decide por Mozambique. El ritmo peculiar sale a la calle y triunfa increíblemente, vienen programas estelares de televisión, conciertos de percusión; realiza una fantasía donde intervienen 10 saxos, 9 tambores, 2 pianos, 2 bajos, 2 pailas y una campana; él propiamente toca con 5 tambores a la vez y logra aglutinar un coro de 100 percusionistas como profesor de un grupo que ganaría el primer premio en un Festival de Aficionados.Pello también dirigió musicalmente infinidad de espectáculos y fue la atracción principal en los carnavales habaneros, así como figura estelar en el internacionalmente conocido Cabaret Tropicana, con sus producciones Fantasía y Ses-se-ribo. El Mozambique se escucha por primera vez en la televisión cubana en el mes de Julio de 1963; causando tal impacto que durante 4 años consecutivos mantuvo un programa fijo llamado "Ritmos de Juventud" y otro en Radio Progreso titulado "Alegrías de sobremesa".En 1979 acude al Carnegie Hall de Nueva York, actuando en el Festival Diáspora, más tarde realizó una gira por España participando en el Festival de Gran Canaria donde obtuvo el premio a la mejor agrupación extranjera invitada. Es ganador en el año 1980 del Premio a la Mejor Agrupación Artística en los Carnavales Habaneros donde además se le otorgaron 6 premios adicionales: Prensa, Radio y TV, UNEAC, Revista Mujeres, Muchachas, Bohemia. Pello el Afrokán supo ganarse, con su actuación llena de colorido, la admiración y el respeto del público de todas las edades, tanto en Cuba como en el extranjero. En cierta ocasión un periodista le preguntaba:¿Cómo ve Pello lo relacionado con la aceptación, perspectivas y promoción de nuestra música en el exterior?A lo que, entre otros aspectos, respondió:"La aceptación del público siempre fue excelente y las preguntas sobre Cuba eran nota curiosa que se nos presentaba diariamente, con una avidez extraordinaria, porque quieren conocer más sobre nuestra Isla, y les llevamos un pedazo de ella con nuestra música."Y esa música ha quedado bien profunda en las raíces de nuestra nación, y en las influencias que mantiene sobre los músicos cubanos de hoy, sus deudores indiscutibles. Pello el Afrokán, con su inolvidable Mozambique, repica todavía en los cueros de las tumbadoras cubanas. Anexo: Noticia Oficial de La muerte de PelloSerá sepultado hoy Pello el Afrokán, 9/12/00(La Habana - Cuba) El destacado compositor y maestro de la percusión Pedro Izquierdo -Pello el Afrokán-creador del Ritmo Mozambique, será sepultado hoy en la necrópolis de Colón. Su cadáver partirá a las 9:00 a.m., de la Funeraria de Calzada y K (Vedado). Pello falleció ayer lunes, a las 9:30 a.m., a la edad de 67 años víctima de un cáncer. Había nacido en La Habana, el 7 de enero de 1933.Criado en el rumbero barrio de Jesús María, Pello, quien se había dado a conocer como percusionista, saltó a la popularidad en 1963 con una modalidad en la que se mezclan distintos elementos musicales, destacándose en ellos la conga y ciertos bailes de origen africano: el Mozambique.En 1959 había fundado un conjunto y tiempo después fue llamado para impartir clases como percusionista en la Escuela de Instructores de Arte. Con el Mozambique causa tal impacto que el ritmo se convierte en atracción de los Carnavales de La Habana y otras ciudades del país. Durante cuatro años mantiene un programa fijo en la Televisión Cubana (Ritmos de Juventud).
venus transit in real time (El Paso, TX) 7:00 p.m. approx.= video #3 mrclave 2012-06-06 | a little later stage of the transit --venus solar transit el paso texas june 5 2012 alignment
venus transit in real time (El Paso, TX, 6;00pm) #1 **WHITE BACKGROUND*** mrclave 2012-06-05 | early stages of the transit -- white background. best visibility vs. black background for video #2.venus solar transit el paso texas june 5 2012 alignment
TRESILLO or NOT ? Level i (for impossible) mrclave 2012-03-31 | 0:00, 1:00, 2:00 --- Three selections: same or different? Tresillo or not? What, then?
Tresillo or not? C mrclave 2012-03-16 | Tresillo or not? I'm having fun with an old chestnut of a pattern... or am I? Is this a guileless example? Is it what it purports to be? Or something weird? Why? Why not?
Tresillo or not? B mrclave 2012-03-16 | Tresillo or not? I'm having fun with an old chestnut of a pattern... or am I? Is this a guileless example? Is it what it purports to be? Or something weird? Why? Why not?
Tresillo or not? A mrclave 2012-03-16 | Tresillo or not? I'm having fun with an old chestnut of a pattern... or am I? Is this a guileless example? Is it what it purports to be? Or something weird? Why? Why not?
BANDA El Recodo EN VIVO mrclave 2012-03-14 | chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiido despues de este video del RECODO , disfrute Banda San Miguel, tambien-- youtube.com/watch?v=x_ECVhsCr1M
cumbia y zapateado y quebradita con banda mrclave 2012-03-14 | MAS AQUI -- youtube.com/watch?v=EmqiVyVwg_8 =)
sinew-backed bow (also arrow shafts) p2 mrclave 2012-03-08 | ALSO see the video I posted regarding OBSIDIAN POINT MAKING youtube.com/watch?v=XSKvAaEjYaE Making stuff...
sinew-backed bow (also arrow shafts) p1 mrclave 2012-03-08 | ALSO see the video (posted by me) on OBSIDIAN POINT MAKING... youtube.com/watch?v=XSKvAaEjYaE
Obsidian Arrow Points mrclave 2012-03-08 | you'll probably like this one also -- youtube.com/watch?v=pEduZj-Byjg
CABALLITO mrclave 2012-03-02 | MAS --- youtube.com/watch?v=4NnpyFE41PY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Banda Koralillos i love that guitar explosion that happens every few bars --- SO HOT!!!!
Banda California Show Si Tu Boquita Fuera mrclave 2012-03-02 | TAMBIEN -- youtube.com/watch?v=4NnpyFE41PY ------------------------------------------- yo me la gozaria!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sun Ra French TV 1970s FIXED AUDIO SYNCH mrclave 2012-03-02 | you might also like this --- youtube.com/watch?v=kfCTCK77bEM -----------------------------------------SUN RA: apparently this clip has been in circulation for a while. My copy was out-of-synch, so I fixed it!!
Acorns p1 mrclave 2012-03-02 | food preparation of this most important plant ally, in an amazing video which shows stone boiling using baskets woven to the point of water-tightness
ADAMA DRAME mrclave 2012-03-02 | ALSO --- youtube.com/watch?v=OIhgEC_YEyI ---------------------------- more solo djembe!!!!
adama drame djembe mrclave 2012-03-02 | ALSO -- youtube.com/watch?v=Zl--vgrxCIY Adama Drame is so intense and groovy
WOFA at an elementary school presentation, May 2000 in El Paso County, TEXAS mrclave 2012-03-01 | 1:17 begins djembes WOFA performed at the Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas, in May of 2000. This video shows my initial mock-up of a Celtic design based on 3 interlocking triangles. I presented WOFA's lead drummer Aboubacar FATOU ABOU Camara with a different, finished version. It was made from heavier, more perfect and unblemished cardboard, and then each individual triangle was colored Red or Black or Green, with a brilliant white ribbon atop the piece. I have no pictures of the final version... Before the show at the Chamizal, I made my way to the backstage area, while playing some mellow (Yoruba) Fuji bell patterns in order to accompany my procession of one... After asking to "take me to your leader," Fatou Abou appeared & I put the art piece over his head, like a medallion, so it could hang by the ribbon and adorn his chest... I then asked if he would consent to give a drum lesson in the coming days? He agreed, and I got (what turned out to be) a private lesson at my house, as well as organizing a group lesson at a local hall. In addition to which, I was able to attend the group's additional local performance, held in a school auditorium and hosted especially for the youth. This audio selection is therefore a part of our area history, and although of poor fidelity, it is interesting on many levels. One-by-one, the WOFA drummers each play a brief introduction for the elementary school children and teachers...
FATOU ABOU teaches YANKADI, 5th of May, 2000 mrclave 2012-03-01 | Aboubacar FATOUABOU Camara, master drummer from the Susu region of Guiinea. Among his many exemplary accomplishments and honors, he was lead djembe player for the Djoliba National Ballet of Guinea (following Mamady Keita's departure), lead djembe player for Percussions of Guinea and also for WOFA. MY TRANSCRIPTION. Note that djembe #1 is the version he taught at a second class, later that same day, and is slightly different from what you hear on this particular lesson tape. Also he did not show the call during this brief example, nor did he demonstrate Dundun as played by itself, but rather in combination with Sangban. DRIVING him to and from these various classes, we talked about Afro-Cuban music, because he was looking to take home recordings by Orquesta ARAGON, yes, really!!! He loved hearing Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Afro-Cuba de Matanzas, Los Papines and Pello El Afrokan. He was dancing and moving with great joy.
FATOU ABOU teaches KUKU (Guinea) MAY 2000 during WOFA tour Aboubacar *FATOUABOU* Camara mrclave 2012-03-01 | 0:13, 0:58, 1:50, 2:20, 2:56, 3:06, 3:27, 4:00, 5:02, 7:16 SORRY, I KNOW THE SOUND IS REALLY "CRUNCHY" AND DISTORTED, BUT I THINK ITS STILL FUN FOR THE SCHOLARS WHO WANT TO DO SOME OBSCURE RESEARCH... And its part of our local history, too... `````````` Aboubacar *FATOU ABOU* Camara `````````` 0:13, he shows the basic Kuku djembe arrangement (4 parts, high-to-low)... Highest would be soloist, but he doesn't show this (5th) part. 0:58, demonstrates that his previous "bass djembe" example was just a skeltal starting point for fleshing-out a more traditional interpretation. WOW!!!!!! 1;50 KUKU dunduns as played on Congas (with stick)... He uses rim clicks instead of a bell. This figure syncopates when the large drum does its fill. Double-time bell pattern also demonstrated. Abou felt that the bell should just play "tempo." In a later example, Abou used a djembe as his "sangban" versus the big conga as Dundun... 5:02, I'm playing a support djembe while Abou plays dunduns AND an additional djembe part... (double wow!!!) 7:16, There even was a dance lesson, jajaja... That is Abou singing the kuku djembe #1 melody while I record our stepping pattern (we were side by side so i could copy his basic *timestep*) ...And he didn't feel like teaching a song, at that time. I asked... ----------------------------------------------- THANKS TO MY MOTHER FOR TAKING THE PHOTOS AND ALSO FOR JOKING AROUND... ---------------------------------------------
talkin melody with FATOU ABOU, 5th of May, 2000 mrclave 2012-02-29 | ABOUBACAR **FATOUABOU** CAMARA has some fun with a chestnut drum part... by the way, FATOU ABOU is not in these particular publicity pics. See my other posts for pics of the MASTER DRUMMER...
锁山 (Shuang Suo Shan) - 乐亭大鼓 Lao Ting Da Gu - 刘金定, (Liu Jin Ding) mrclave 2012-01-17 | celestial couple? can anyone help me identify the story? thank you!=)OKAY, thank you Yang Min, it is Shuang Suo Shan, thank you!!!....................................The story is named 双锁山 (Shuang Suo Shan), but I have no idea what is about. I just heard the guy sang "Liu Jin Ding" (刘金定, a woman's name in this story).########################################################################...a genre of Chinese story-telling music popular in north China (specifically in Hebei province, which is next to Beijing), named Lao Ting Da Gu (乐亭大鼓).&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&Longjiang Ju (Longjiang Opera)Longjiang ju is popular in China's Heilongjiang Province. It developed in the 1950s as a fusion of Northeast China's er ren zhuan, la chang xi, shadow puppet theater and folk song traditions. Performances are relaxed and humorous, with extensive use of colloquial language in the songs. Well-known longjiang ju operas include Shuang Suo Shan and Huang Tang Bao Yu.
西厢记 - Romance of the West Chamber / Xi Xiang Ji mrclave 2011-12-30 | see also: youtube.com/watch?v=AAyp2NKF5ls---------------------------------------Xi Xiang Ji (西厢记)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_of_the_West_ChamberTHANK YOU to my friend Pin from Taiwan for helping me identify this beautiful clip......see also the old song by Zhou Xuan -- beautiful track & should be a Youtube *suggestion,* at least it was for me, based on watching this one...
papines (en vivo) mi quinto IN SYNCH mrclave 2011-02-12 | RECOMMENDED ALSO -- youtube.com/watch?v=5HYNYgawXQk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- el video estaba muy disponible en la red, pero mi copy fue des-sincronizado.... ahorita mejor (I fixed it!)
BANDA San Miguel mrclave 2010-11-24 | harmonias hermosisimas... ....excelente, tambien --- youtube.com/watch?v=oV0goxrrm9s [[[ que se disfrute!!! ]]]
Jazzy Jumpers mrclave 2010-11-18 | ...and you'll probably like this one, too: youtube.com/watch?v=oV0goxrrm9s (((if you've never seen this trick roping before, just skip to the middle, b/c he really gets the rope going FAST!!!...)))
Pine Nuts (Paiute & Washo) mrclave 2010-11-07 | a friend told me in a nearby region they would also dig trenches to catch seasonally flying grasshoppers, and then grind their dried bodies to make flour for protein bread...
Buckeyes - natural plant food preparation (old skool) mrclave 2010-11-06 | takes a lotta work to eat, and a lotta technology, too
Haudenosaunee (People of the Long House) mrclave 2010-11-06 | The "6 Nations" make a video about their culture
Columbus Didnt Discover Us - p2 mrclave 2010-11-06 | on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his "discovery"
Columbus Didnt Discover Us - p1 mrclave 2010-11-06 | on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of his "discovery"
Four Stones for Kanemitsu conclusion (Tamarind Institute for Lithography) mrclave 2010-11-03 | Film showing the intricate process, teamwork & smelly chemicals involved in lithography. Made by the Tamarind Institute, 1973...
Kanemitsu p1.mp4 mrclave 2010-11-03 | Tamarind Institute for Lithography: "Four Stones for Kanemitsu," 1973
Yoshimura clip 3 has interview.mp4 mrclave 2010-11-03 | Yoshio Yoshimura self-portraits and interview.
Yoshio Yoshimura TV clip 1.mp4 mrclave 2010-11-03 | Yoshio Yoshimura is a Japanese print-making artist who uses a very interesting technique.
apala p2a ALABI LABAIKA mrclave 2009-04-19 | AND ALSO SEE THE CONCLUSION HERE --- youtube.com/watch?v=IrhiHNjPyCg THANK YOU!!!! ...to everyone who has helped me try to identify the singer.... and to Ayanniyi Akeem (now living in Santa Fe, New Mexico) who introduced me to this great cassette...
