Few thing are more fun than listening to records with a knowledgeable person who loves the music.
Jim Eigo, veteran record man, and proprietor of Original Vinyl Records in Warwick, NY, host listening sessions with experts which he videotapes.
So even if you can’t make it to Warwick, you can sit in here via the magic of the Internet.
– … Read more
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube
P.S. Our unique programming is made possible by help from people like you. Learn how you can contribute to our efforts here: Support Jazz on the Tube
Thanks.
Cuba is not just another country with music.
It’s nothing less than the Mother Ship of Afro-Latin music.
With its habanera, danzon, changüí, son, son montuno, rumba, mambo, cha-cha-cha, timba, and wide variety of Afro-Cuban spiritual musical forms, Cuba has been as important to the music of the world as the United States has been with its blues, jazz, rock … Read more
It started in Europe and made its way to the Americas via French and English colonists.
You may know it as the Square Dance.
Nothing “square” about how they did it in old Cuba, old Jamaica…or old San Francisco.
San Francisco – 1914 (no music)
Cuba – filmed 2010
Jamaica – filmed 2012
– Ken McCarthy
Jazz on the Tube… Read more
Nfamara Badjie Master drummer from Gambia watches Cándido Camero
Up until the middle part of the 20th century, hand drumming followed a pretty simple rule: One man, one drum (unless it was a two headed drum, tablas, or bongo drums.)
Then something changed.
What was it?
Bobby Sanabria interviews Cándido Camero, the most recorded conga player in jazz history.
October … Read more
