Month: December 2009
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Greetings from Bangkok, Thailand
Hello everyone and happy new year! I am now traveling in Thailand, Cambodia and India. I will be reporting in on interesting events pertaining to drumming and dance in Asia! Tonight we will play for a huge street part on Khao San Road in Bangkok for New Years Eve. More to come, stay tuned! Read More »
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‘Chandra Shekar’ By Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble Hawaii
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3irv2xaal4 This is a music video by the Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble from Big Island of Hawaii. Read More »
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“Kassa” from Lavaroots drum and dance performance in Hawaii
This is a performance by the Lavaroots ensemble on the Big Island of Hawaii and is called Kassa, which is a West African traditional harvest dance from Guinea, West Africa. Read More »
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Female Drummers and Dancers with Bolokada and group
Female West African dancers (formerly of Guinea West Africa’s famous Ballet Merveilles) drum, dance and dance solo with master djembe drummer (djembe fola) Bolokada Cond (from Les Percussions Du Guinee) and his group Les Percussions Melenke in Bolinas, California. The first piece with dancers is “Mane”, from Guinea West Africa. Read More »
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Bolokada Conde in class
This is from a drum class given by Bolokada Conde star of Les Percussions Du Guinea, in Oakland at the Malonga Center (formerly know as Alice Arts Center), In this video Bolokada shows the seeming simplicity of drumming. Read More »
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“Tiger I” from Miles Dean world jazz CD by Michael Pluznick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnieYJfolko This video features Bangkok’s inner city, architecture and temples along with a nice sunset and other Asian and Thai scenarios. This musical composition was a collaboration with maestro Jim Chapelle, percussionist Michael Pluznick and arranger, composer, and guitarist Joel Lindheimer. The music is based on the uptempo and festive Afro Cuban traditional and folkloric… Read More »
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Best of Michael Pluznick photo collage from Youtube
This video is a compilation of some of the best photos from past Michael Pluznick world music and world jazz videos set to new music by Michael Pluznick and Joel Lindheimer from the world music / world jazz CD, “Miles Dean” available as a download on CDBaby. This CD features musical collaborators Bill Ortiz on… Read More »
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Djembe Drum Facebook group
I have started a Djembe Drum group on Facebook! Read More »
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Spectac (big show) in Conakry Guinea
This video features master drummer Jaques, a unique djembe player performing with his friends and piers in a West African drum and dance extravaganza! Read More »
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Dance of Dambala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPHqfUCNoGY From the new Barabajaba CD, “Rise Up”. This cut features the traditional Afro Haitian rhtyhm “Yan Valu”. Drums by Michael Pluznick and Jesse Seymour. Read More »
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History of the djembe part one
According to the Bamana people in Mali, the name of the djembe comes directly from the saying “Anke dje, anke be” which literally translates to “everyone gather together” and defines the drum’s purpose. In the Bamakan language, “Dje” is the verb for “gather” and “be” translates as “everyone”. Read More »