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  • Playing With The Great Armando Peraza in the Haight Ashbury Music Center

    Playing With The Great Armando Peraza in the Haight Ashbury Music Center

    Playing with Armando Perrazza 38 years ago I got my dream job which was to be the percussion salesman at the Haight Ashburry Music Center in the famous hippy area of San Francisco. The former store had been named Chickens That Sing Music. When I had first arrived in California around 1976  I was shocked… Read More »

  • The late Great Pello EL Afrokan, our teacher

      In 1985 we traveled to Cuba to learn about Cuban culture, study the music and experience the Cuban lifestyle. We were young and looking for musical and cultural adventures . While staying at the hotel in Havana we met Pello el Afrokan in our lobby. We told him about our quest to study Cuban… Read More »

  • How to Play Congas: Mozambique on four drums!

    Michael Pluznick demonstrates Mozambique Afro Cuban conga drum arrangement on four drums. This is a way for you to get the feel and sound of the original mozambique rhythm but of course there are compromises as it is only an arrangement and not the holly gospel!. If you would like the super traditional version please… Read More »

  • Studying Afro Cuban Music in Cuba 1985

    Studying drums in another culture part one Cuba 1985 If you have been playing any type of ethnic drums for any amount of time the fantasy of playing in another land or even performing has probably cross dour mind. For years I watched friends and even students of mine crossing the borders of other countries… Read More »

  • How to play Mozambique on 4 conga drums by Michael P

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H4YGZRnYvY In this video I will show you have to play the traditional Afro Cuban Folkloric rhtyhm Mozambique on four conga drums. Read More »

Michael Pluznick