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Cuban Drumming

Bobby Sanabria Teaches Us How To Play A Mambo On The Drum Kit

I find the the grooves of Cuba as applied to the drum kit to be very challenging. I have a functional Mambo that I got from Chuck Silverman’s Practical Applications book. A student of mine contacted me ans warned me he wants to learn to play a Mambo for an upcoming performance and I thought it would do me good to brush up and maybe stretch my facility some. This video by Bobby Sanabria is a basic Mambo pattern which… Read More »Bobby Sanabria Teaches Us How To Play A Mambo On The Drum Kit

Keepers of the Flame – Cuban Drumming Tradition

Drumming legend Chuck Silverman is working on producing a documentary about the old guard of Cuban drummers who “carry the flame of rumba and Cuban folkloric drumming”. It’s being crowdfunded via Rockethub, please consider donating to this worthwhile project: http://www.rkthb.co/12019