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CLAVE INSTRUCTION
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This listing provides you with the opportunity to continue your education
in the clave by connecting those musicians expert in salsa music and associated Afro-Latin
music and rhythms. Presently, this list is predominantly filled with musicians and
educators from New York City and Los Angeles. If you are a teaching musician (or know of
one) that would like to be included in this listing then contact Bello Music Enterprises. |
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 Born in Colon, Panama.
Graduate, Julliard School of Music. Extensive symphonic experience, including New Symphony
Orchestra, Harlem Philharmonic, Columbia University Orchestra. Extensive Popular and Latin
appearances and recordings, including Machito, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Ray Barreto,
Linda Ronstadt and "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" film soundtrack.
Honorable Mention 1969 International Tuba Ensemble Competition for composition.
Double Bass/Electric Bass
Location:
New York, NY |
For appointment call:
(212) 427-2244 |
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A native of Los Angeles,
Ricardo is a percussionist, composer and producer with a degree in music, and extensive
studies of folkloric, traditional, and modern Afro-Cuban Music in Cuba. On stage, he has
shared billing with Willie Colon, El Gran Combo, Louie Bellson and Pete Christleib, as
well as Los Lobos, Angela Bofill, James Moody and Joe Williams. Ricardo has also recorded
with El Chicano, Carl Anderson, EmbraSamba, Francisco Aguabella, Steve Loza's UCLATINO,
Hubert Laws, Delbert Taylor, Claire Fischer, Rob Mullins, Wilton Felder, Moacir Santos,
Los Lobos, Freddie Hubbard, Ronnie Laws. Ricardo has appeared on TV shows and educational
videos on Latin music, most recently the Cuban Drumming videos with Pete and Sheila
E. Ricardo has toured the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and New Zealand, and was a
member of the Broadway show Season's Reason's. Ricardo's recent CD, "Que Rico
Moazambique" is loaded with original material and some of the finest Latin/jazz
musicians in LA. Currently Ricardo teaches at LACC, and also directs his own full-band
Latin Music workshop, one of the most popular music workshops in LA. His current projects
include a CD/book: Ritmos Cubanos, with Long John Oliva, and guest artists Fred Ramirez
and Carlos Puerto.
Percussion
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
For appointment call:
(626) 484-2080
pager: (626) 212-0620 |
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 Taught and
mentored by his legendary Afro-Cuban music pioneer uncles, Arsenio Rodriguez and Raul
Rodriguez Travieso, Bronx, NY-born Virjilio began instruction in Afro-Cuban percussion at
age 15. Continuing his education he excelled in the principles of Afro-Cuban religious
batá drumming with Jesus Alfonso (musical director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas),
Alfredo Calvo Cano, and Esteban “Chacha” Domingo (whom all hail from Matanzas,
Cuba). In the U.S., Virjilio learned and performed with master drummers Julio Collazo,
Lázaro Galarraga and Francisco Aguabella with whom he played for 18 years as part of
Aguabella's religious Bata Group and folkloric ensemble. Justo Betancourt, Angel
“Cachete” Maldonado ensemble, René Touzet, Johnny “Chano” Martinez,
Dandy Beltran, Albertico Perez, Camilo “Azuquita”, Tito Nieves, Melcochita,
Lefty Perez, Ray Ramos y su Sonora, Los Hermanos Crespo y su Conjunto Costa Azul are some
of the numerous Afro-Cuban and salsa bands with which Virjilio has performed.
Additionally, Virjilio was a percussionist for Johnny Polanco y su Conjunto Amistad from
1993 to 1998. Currently, he has been lecturing at area colleges on the religious ideology
and Bata religious drumming of the Cuban Santería Orisha Worship.
Afro-Cuban Percussion: Bata
and shekere instruction focusing on understanding Afro-Cuban rhythms relevant to Santería
religious principles. Clave patterns are used to translate basic Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
For appointment call:
(323) 589-3710 |
Back to Top
Obtained a gold medal at
the conclusion of the final examinations of percussion in the French Republic City of Metz
and a first interregional award of excellence in Chamber Music at the Conservatory of
Music of the City of Luxembourg. He then went to Paris where he started playing with
Iluyenhori, an Afro-Cuban Folkloric band, with whom he recorded two albums. His love to
Latin-Music brought him to Cuba and New York. On the Caribbean Island, he studied with Jose Luis Quintana (Changuito),
Roberto Vizcaino, Mario Jauregui, Alberto Villareal and different members of the group of
Clave y Guaguncó. In New York, he worked with such great artists as Louis Bauzo, Johnny
Almendra, Ray Romero or Eddie Rodriguez and recorded an album with Mongo Santamaria.
In 1997, he came back to New York to pursue his interest in Afro-Cuban music. Since then
he has been involved playing in many groups such as Los Jovenes del Barrio, Patakin, Victor Rendon's Latin Jazz Orchestra. Grupo Caribe,
The Latin Coalition, Tito Puente and La India.
Latin Percussion
Location:
New York, NY |
For appointment call:
(212) 427-2244 |
Back to Top
An offshoot of Boys
Harbor, the conservatory is a nonprofit youth agency that offers a wide range of social
and educational services to the surrounding community. The conservatory specializes in
Latin (primarily Afro-Cuban) music, percussion and folklore but also offers classical
music, dance and theatre training.
All Instruments
Location:
1 East 104th Street,
New York, NY 10029 |
For appointment call:
(212) 427-2244 |
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Bio and contact
information to follow.
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Attended Baruch College
(CUNY) Staff arranger for Fania Records with many commercial credits. Record dates with
James Brown, Diana Ross, many others. Extensive performing experiences in the Latin field.
Presently percussionist and arranger with Tito Puente Orchestra.
Latin Percussion
Location:
New York, NY |
For appointment call:
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Bio and contact
information to follow.
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 Born in New York City, of Puerto Rican
descent, Robertito learned percussion at the Ile Ife Percussion School in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania studying all Latin percussion and Brazilian rhythms. The following is a list
of groups with whom Robertito has performed: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Group, Nocy
(Brazilian Flamenco Jazz), Teddy Rivera and his Puerto Rico Orchestra, Conjunto Nino,
Miguel Cruz Afro-Cuban Group, Peckito Latin Jazz Group, Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble,
Tavio Figueroa and La Sorpresa, Susie Hansen, Conjunto Costa Azul, Orquesta Macondo, Bill
Laster, La Ultima, Johnny Polanco y Su Conjunto Amistad, Johnny Martinez, SOS Latin Jazz
Band, Karen Hernandez Jazz Quartet, Jump with Joey Ska Band, Francisco Aguabella,
Melcochita, Ibrahim Parreno Jazz Quintet, Orquesta Versatil, King King All-Star Mambo
Band, King Cotton Rhythm & Blues Band, Joey with his Cocktail Mambo Quintet, Arlette
McCoy, Budwig Jazz Quintet, Johnny Vega, Pete "El Conde," Ray Sepulveda, Rudy
Regalado's Orquesta Chevere and Al Israel's Charanga Band.
Latin Percussion
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
For appointment call:
Pager: (818) 410-0972
Fax: (213) 482-5019 or E-mail: AfroCuba@aol.com |
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CLAVE INSTRUCTION
IN MUSIC LISTING
E-M |
|
This listing provides you with the opportunity to continue your education
in the clave by connecting those musicians expert in salsa music and associated Afro-Latin
music and rhythms. Presently, this list is predominantly filled with musicians and
educators from New York City and Los Angeles. If you are a teaching musician (or know of
one) that would like to be included in this listing then contact Bello Music Enterprises. |
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A
B C D
E F G
H I J K L M N
O P
Q R
S T
U V
W X Y Z |
| Click on the first letter of surname on
the alphabet above to jump to appropriate section of the directory |
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Born in Colon, Panama.
Graduate, Julliard School of Music. Extensive symphonic experience, including New Symphony
Orchestra, Harlem Philharmonic, Columbia University Orchestra. Extensive Popular and Latin
appearances and recordings, including Machito, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Ray Barreto,
Linda Ronstadt and "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" film soundtrack.
Honorable Mention 1969 International Tuba Ensemble Competition for composition.
Double Bass/Electric Bass
Location:
New York, NY |
For appointment call:
(212) 427-2244 |
Back to Top
A native of Los Angeles,
Ricardo is a percussionist, composer and producer with a degree in music, and extensive
studies of folkloric, traditional, and modern Afro-Cuban Music in Cuba. On stage, he has
shared billing with Willie Colon, El Gran Combo, Louie Bellson and Pete Christleib, as
well as Los Lobos, Angela Bofill, James Moody and Joe Williams. Ricardo has also recorded
with El Chicano, Carl Anderson, EmbraSamba, Francisco Aguabella, Steve Loza's UCLATINO,
Hubert Laws, Delbert Taylor, Claire Fischer, Rob Mullins, Wilton Felder, Moacir Santos,
Los Lobos, Freddie Hubbard, Ronnie Laws. Ricardo has appeared on TV shows and educational
videos on Latin music, most recently the Cuban Drumming videos with Pete and Sheila
E. Ricardo has toured the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean and New Zealand, and was a
member of the Broadway show Season's Reason's. Ricardo's recent CD, "Que Rico
Moazambique" is loaded with original material and some of the finest Latin/jazz
musicians in LA. Currently Ricardo teaches at LACC, and also directs his own full-band
Latin Music workshop, one of the most popular music workshops in LA. His current projects
include a CD/book: Ritmos Cubanos, with Long John Oliva, and guest artists Fred Ramirez
and Carlos Puerto.
Percussion
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
For appointment call:
(626) 484-2080
pager: (626) 212-0620 |
Back to Top
Taught and
mentored by his legendary Afro-Cuban music pioneer uncles, Arsenio Rodriguez and Raul
Rodriguez Travieso, Bronx, NY-born Virjilio began instruction in Afro-Cuban percussion at
age 15. Continuing his education he excelled in the principles of Afro-Cuban religious
batá drumming with Jesus Alfonso (musical director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas),
Alfredo Calvo Cano, and Esteban “Chacha” Domingo (whom all hail from Matanzas,
Cuba). In the U.S., Virjilio learned and performed with master drummers Julio Collazo,
Lázaro Galarraga and Francisco Aguabella with whom he played for 18 years as part of
Aguabella's religious Bata Group and folkloric ensemble. Justo Betancourt, Angel
“Cachete” Maldonado ensemble, René Touzet, Johnny “Chano” Martinez,
Dandy Beltran, Albertico Perez, Camilo “Azuquita”, Tito Nieves, Melcochita,
Lefty Perez, Ray Ramos y su Sonora, Los Hermanos Crespo y su Conjunto Costa Azul are some
of the numerous Afro-Cuban and salsa bands with which Virjilio has performed.
Additionally, Virjilio was a percussionist for Johnny Polanco y su Conjunto Amistad from
1993 to 1998. Currently, he has been lecturing at area colleges on the religious ideology
and Bata religious drumming of the Cuban Santería Orisha Worship.
Afro-Cuban Percussion: Bata
and shekere instruction focusing on understanding Afro-Cuban rhythms relevant to Santería
religious principles. Clave patterns are used to translate basic Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
For appointment call:
(323) 589-3710 |
Back to Top
Obtained a gold medal at
the conclusion of the final examinations of percussion in the French Republic City of Metz
and a first interregional award of excellence in Chamber Music at the Conservatory of
Music of the City of Luxembourg. He then went to Paris where he started playing with
Iluyenhori, an Afro-Cuban Folkloric band, with whom he recorded two albums. His love to
Latin-Music brought him to Cuba and New York. On the Caribbean Island, he studied with Jose Luis Quintana (Changuito),
Roberto Vizcaino, Mario Jauregui, Alberto Villareal and different members of the group of
Clave y Guaguncó. In New York, he worked with such great artists as Louis Bauzo, Johnny
Almendra, Ray Romero or Eddie Rodriguez and recorded an album with Mongo Santamaria.
In 1997, he came back to New York to pursue his interest in Afro-Cuban music. Since then
he has been involved playing in many groups such as Los Jovenes del Barrio, Patakin, Victor Rendon's Latin Jazz Orchestra. Grupo Caribe,
The Latin Coalition, Tito Puente and La India.
Latin Percussion
Location:
New York, NY |
For appointment call:
(212) 427-2244 |
Back to Top
An offshoot of Boys
Harbor, the conservatory is a nonprofit youth agency that offers a wide range of social
and educational services to the surrounding community. The conservatory specializes in
Latin (primarily Afro-Cuban) music, percussion and folklore but also offers classical
music, dance and theatre training.
All Instruments
Location:
1 East 104th Street,
New York, NY 10029 |
For appointment call:
(212) 427-2244 |
Back to Top
-L-
Bio and contact
information to follow.
Instrument
Location:
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For appointment call:
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Back to Top
Attended Baruch College
(CUNY) Staff arranger for Fania Records with many commercial credits. Record dates with
James Brown, Diana Ross, many others. Extensive performing experiences in the Latin field.
Presently percussionist and arranger with Tito Puente Orchestra.
Latin Percussion
Location:
New York, NY |
For appointment call:
|
Back to Top
Bio and contact
information to follow.
Instrument
Location:
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For appointment call:
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Back to Top
Born in New York City, of Puerto Rican
descent, Robertito learned percussion at the Ile Ife Percussion School in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania studying all Latin percussion and Brazilian rhythms. The following is a list
of groups with whom Robertito has performed: Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Group, Nocy
(Brazilian Flamenco Jazz), Teddy Rivera and his Puerto Rico Orchestra, Conjunto Nino,
Miguel Cruz Afro-Cuban Group, Peckito Latin Jazz Group, Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble,
Tavio Figueroa and La Sorpresa, Susie Hansen, Conjunto Costa Azul, Orquesta Macondo, Bill
Laster, La Ultima, Johnny Polanco y Su Conjunto Amistad, Johnny Martinez, SOS Latin Jazz
Band, Karen Hernandez Jazz Quartet, Jump with Joey Ska Band, Francisco Aguabella,
Melcochita, Ibrahim Parreno Jazz Quintet, Orquesta Versatil, King King All-Star Mambo
Band, King Cotton Rhythm & Blues Band, Joey with his Cocktail Mambo Quintet, Arlette
McCoy, Budwig Jazz Quintet, Johnny Vega, Pete "El Conde," Ray Sepulveda, Rudy
Regalado's Orquesta Chevere and Al Israel's Charanga Band.
Latin Percussion
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
For appointment call:
Pager: (818) 410-0972
Fax: (213) 482-5019 or E-mail: AfroCuba@aol.com |
Back to Top
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