I’ve been working with our earlier page of Mozambique quite a bit (yes, I do in fact practice the non-transcription stuff I post here), and thought it could use a bit of refining, so here […]
Category: Mozambique
Groove o’ the day: Al Foster — Chick’s Tune
I was working on our upcoming Book of Intros, and came across this cool Latin groove from a teenage Al Foster, playing on Blue Mitchell’s album The Thing To Do. The tune is Chick’s Tune, […]
Page of Mozambique
So here’s what we were setting up with that last thing— a page of Mozambique for the drum set: Work up each pattern individually until it feels good, and then combine parts as you see […]
Conga to Mozambique
Let me say up front that I’m always a little paranoid about venturing into Afro-Cuban music on the blog— I don’t have a lot of field experience playing it with knowledgeable people, and have had […]
DBMITW: Eddie Palmieri
While we’re on the Salsa music, here’s a Mozambique entitled Comparsa De Los Locos, by Eddie Palmieri, from his Vamonos Pal’ Monte album from 1971. Nicky Marrero plays drums, along with several percussionists. What the […]