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This is an amazing audio and notation encyclopedia of every djembe and dun dun part for 50 Rhythms! |
 In all my years playing, studying and teaching West African rhythms and percussion I have always come across an interesting and challenging situation. It is really hard to find people, that is to say djembe players, other fellow percussionists or drum students who want to learn the dunun patterns, individual traditional dunun parts and or ballet arrangements on 2 or 3 dununs or more. dununs are also known as djun djuns, doun douns or [...]  Let’s face the facts. Until Mamady Keita arrived in the USA we were playing djembe ass backwards. For example, Mandiani was more often then not being played backwards as Soli, (Donba in Senegal) or visa versa. We were doing the best we could at the time as there was very limited resources available in the late 70′s and very few instructors as well. It was prior to the internet and consumer cmcorders were still [...]  Djembe drum master Bolokada Conde and Les Percussions Malinke’s play traditional West African rhythms at a percussion show at La Pena Cultural Center in Berkeley, CA in 2006. Bolokada Conde, one of world’s best djembe folas (professional djembe masters) with Master Balafon player Mohamed Kouyate and talented djembe and dunun (djun djun) drummers from SF Bay Area  It’s not the drum it’s the drummer! What makes a drum have that special sound? Is it the wood? The place or country it is from? The goat skin or what the goat ate? Just what is it? About 10 years ago I was at a Mamady Keita workshop trying to pick out a djembe from a local seller there who was displaying his goods outside the workshop. I asked Mamady, what do you [...] function startGallery_2() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_2″), { timed: true, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: true, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 5000, defaultTransition: “fade”, textShowCarousel: “Show/Hide Thumbnails” }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_2″).style.display = “block”; myGallery.toggleCarousel(); } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_2); Beautiful Balaphones 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 makes djembe drums for us Drum carver outside of Bamako Mali making a beautiful djembe drum 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 ; function startGallery_32() { var myGallery = new gallery($(“myGallery_32″), { timed: true, showCarousel: true, showInfopane: true, showArrows: true, embedLinks: true, slideInfoZoneOpacity: 0.80, delay: 5000, defaultTransition: “fade”, textShowCarousel: “Show/Hide Thumbnails” }); document.getElementById(“myGallery_32″).style.display = “block”; myGallery.toggleCarousel(); } window.addEvent(“domready”, startGallery_32); the late, great Komoko Sano legandary drummer, arranger and organizer the late, great Komoko Sano, legandary drummer, arranger and organizer the late, great Komoko Sano, legandary drummer, arranger and organizer the late, great Komoko Sano, legandary drummer, arranger and organizer Bolokada Conde, master drummer Bolokada Conde, master drummer Bolokada Conde, master drummer performing in California Bolokada Conde, master drummer performing in California Bolokada Conde, master drummer performing in Mill Valley, California Bolokada Conde, master drummer performing in California Bolokada Conde, master drummers hands and drum Bolokada Conde, master drummers hands and drum Bolokada Conde, Rafael, Michael P perfroming Bolokada Conde, Rafael, Michael P performing with Percussions Melenke in Mill Valley, California My djembe I aattained from Bolokada Conde My djembe I aattained from Bolokada Conde the late, great Komoko Sano, legandary drummer, arranger and organizer the late, great Komoko Sano, legandary drummer, arranger and organizer Chris Walker Bata master and Chris Walker Bata master and \”Omo Anya\” Damien De Jesus, Balalowo Damien De Jesus, Balalowo My new congas My new congas Bolokada Conde performing in Oakland California Bolokada Conde performing in Oakland California My largest Shekere My largest Shekere Karamba Diabate, master drummer, Griot and musician Karamba Diabate, master drummer, Griot and musician Karamba Diabate, master drummer, Griot and musician 2 Karamba Diabate, master drummer, Griot and musician Karamba Diabate, master drummer, Griot and musician 3 Karamba Diabate, master drummer, Griot and musician Naby Bangoura Dance Teacher SF California Manju, dancer, singer and musician-drummer, too! Manju, dancer, singer and musician-drummer, too! Michael P and some friends in Bangkok Thailand Photos of many friends and people I have learned from and studied with including the late Komoko Sano, Bolokada Conde and Karamba Diabate Master djembe drummer, master of ceremonies and all around fun and good guy M’Bemba Bangoura in a rare performance in his home town and country in Conakry, Guinee, West Africa at a large community drumming event welcoming home many of Guinea West Africa’s wonderful djembe masters and drummers of all ages! Aruna and Brulye teach Michael P Mendiani solo technique at a djembe class at Centre Togola in the Sabalibougou district of Bamako Mali. Drum class and djembe class is held here every day of the week. If you want to study djembe in Mali, this is the place to go for a djembe lesson or african dance class. These guys and their students really play djembe well! Very inspiring drumming! http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali Didadi is a rhythm that can be used by young people to compete at festivals and celebrations. Didadi can be played for the expected arrival of an important person or at end-of-the-year holidays. Some say it originates from the Bougouni circle , of Mali’s Sikasso region. The didadi is also organized during the end of the year holidays. What many of us know as a dunun (double sided drum) is here called [...] http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/arunabrulye An amazing 6 year old child djembe drummer solos at Guinee, West African “Spectac” (big show in Conakry, Guinea). Music similar to this and other similar high quality digitaly recorded audio recordings I did in Mali are now available for sale: http://www.earthcds.com/africa/west/mali |
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