Barabajaba Percussion ensemble from the Big Island of Hawaii specialises in world percussion, ethnic drumming including djembe, west african, afro cuban, afro haitian, brasilian (brazilian) percussion
Barabajaba group shot
Barabajaba Percussion ensemble from the Big Island of Hawaii specialises in world percussion, ethnic drumming including djembe, west african, afro cuban, afro haitian, brasilian (brazilian) percussion
Barabajaba group shot 2
Barabajaba Percussion ensemble from the Big Island of Hawaii specialises in world percussion, ethnic drumming including djembe, west african, afro cuban, afro haitian, brasilian (brazilian) percussion
Barabajaba CD cover
Barabajaba Percussion ensemble from the Big Island of Hawaii specialises in world percussion, ethnic drumming including djembe, west african, afro cuban, afro haitian, brasilian (brazilian) percussion
a fan tries her own
Barabajaba Percussion ensemble from the Big Island of Hawaii specialises in world percussion, ethnic drumming including djembe, west african, afro cuban, afro haitian, brasilian (brazilian) percussion
MIchael P of Barabajaba
Barabajaba Percussion ensemble from the Big Island of Hawaii specialises in world percussion, ethnic drumming including djembe, west african, afro cuban, afro haitian, brasilian (brazilian) percussion
The Barabajaba Percussion Ensemble and drumming collective from the Big Island of Hawaaii performs live with members and friends all around the world, too! Barabajaba’s music is a fusion and hybrid of Afro Cuban, west African, Afro Haitian, Brasilian and Indian world music and drumming. The new CD “Rise Up” is available on I Tunes and here as well.
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/barabajaba
This video is: Barabajaba Live in Puna: “Maracatu” w/Lisa Dixon and her Brasilian dance group. Taken at a performance @ Kalani resort in Puna (Pahoa) Hawaii and features Brazilian drum and dance with Boaz Hashimoto Martin playing lead drum *(quinto) or solo.
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Javier Muniz at Hadley\'s party
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Javier Muniz at Hadley\'s party2
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
singer from Javier\'s band
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Yaya Maldonado
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Rumbone at Hadley\'s party
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
dancing rumba to the conga drums
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
dance and rumba
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
female rumba dancer
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
a flower on Hadley\'s roof at party in Oakland, california
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Rumba singer and drummer, YaYa Maldonado
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Flower at Hadley\'s yard
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
smashing pumpkin ceremony at Hadley\'s oarty
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
flowers at Hadley\'s party
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Ben Krames musician at Hadley\'s party
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Ben Krames musician at Hadley\'s party 2
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Jazz and adult contemporary music composer and pianist Michael Hauser
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
sunset at Hadley\'s party from his roof top
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
sunset at Hadley\'s party from his roof top
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Hadley and friend
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Hadley and gorgous friend
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
Hadley and gorgous friend 2
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
sunset at Hadley\'s party from his roof top
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
rumba player plays quinto (lead)
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
guitarist Ronnie Ray Padilla
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
dancer, singer and percussionist Kim Agnew of
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
musicians Unity and Rob Lansdale
Hadley Louden\'s spring celebration rumba and gathering
A good time was had by all at Hadley Louden’s drum and dance party in Oakland California 3-21-10!
Old friends from all over the Bay Area attended! There was Rumba outside and world music of all sorts inside, too!
Hadley Louden is a legendary world music and bay area percussionist, pianist and world music composer/bandleader .
His parties have been going on since I can remember and almost every world musician in bay area has come through Hadley’s door at some point or another!
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
- Maya Angelou -
Two balaphones large and small from Guinea West Africa
Komoko Sano\'s compound in Guinea
This was taken at the late great legendary Komoko Sano\'s compound in Merveilles section of Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. Taken with Nikon D90 digital camera
Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our
Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our recording session and play amazing music!
Mali
Didadee drummers from the village visit Bamako for our recording session and play amazing music!
Mali Young Guns session
from the \"Young Guns\" CD field recording with Siaka Doumbia nad crew
MP in Mali
Michael Pluznick playing at wedding celebration outside of Bamako in Mali west Africa
Baby naming party
Siaka Doumbia and Young Guns crew perform live at a baby naming ceremony
drum carver
Our drum carver works hard all day in the sun and het on our new djembe drums in Bamako Mali West Africa
mali, djembe, west african, west africa, world music, ethnic music, village drumming, didadee, bobo, djembe, master drummer, djembe fola
Mali young guns djembe drumming recording session photo
Mali Wedding
MC the young master drummer plays dunun at Mali wedding party
mali wedding ceremony
more wedding photos and shots from Mali West Africa
Grand Master Djembe Fola Aruna
Grand Master Djembe Fola Aruna Sidibe listens to himself play on a recording \"Old Masters\" (available on earthcds.com) for the first time in Mali West Africa
Brulye Mali champion
Master drummer and my second teacher is named Brulye. He was Mali (Bamako city), champion of djembe drumming
Didadee
Didadee drummers from the village at a recordng session for Mali Music available on earthcds.com
Didadee village drummers
Didadee (Didadi) music from the village!
Aruna Sidibe, Grand master djembe fola
My djembe master is Aruna Sidibe 83 years old in Mali from the Music of Mali: Old Masters CD on erathcds.com
Bobo drummers in Mali
Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre,
Bo Bo balaphone
Bobo musicians in Mali play the balaphone,
Bo Bo drummers in Mali
Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre,
Yagbe Onilu in Mali
Bobo drummers in Mali play the gourd drums, bara bendre,
drum carver
in Mali
Komoko Sano\'s daughter
Komoko Sano\'s other daughter
at Komoko Sanos compound in Guinea, West Africa
Michael P in Amsterdam fest
Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis
Michael P in Amsterdam fest
Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis
Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis
Amsterdam drum festival with Nick Ostis
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I took these photos on my two trips to Mali and Guinea, West Africa where I studied traditional djembe, drumming, music, culture and African music and dance. Drummers photos feature my teachers Aruna, Brulye and Siaka. Guinea photos at the late great Komoko Sano’s home and compound.
