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List of one listener's favorite congueros (conga drummers) from Cuban, Puerto Rican, and other Caribbean / Latin-American cultures.

lMichael Pluznick demonstrates various shekere techniques and solo starting with basic 6/8 movements!... This video is a full, standalone lesson. But there's much more to learn. If you want more instruction, check out this website:http://www.earthcds.com/caribbean/cuba/cuba-shekere.shtm

Serbia's Boban Markovic, king of Roma brass and reigning trumpet royalty, shot thru w/jazz, Latin-Caribbean + other unmapped sound streams...

'This exquisite recording finds one of the most gifted percussionists in Latin music today working in what is perhaps his true element - the Santeria liturgy. The spiritual power of this Afro-Caribbean religious ceremony, sung in Yoruba to the accompaniment of a three-man percussion bata is awesome, but it is the intense articulation of rhythm that makes this music so devastating, incredible.'-JD Considine,Musician Magazine'A wonderful album - absorbing, mesmerizing, beautiful and fun, graceful and sensual. It draws ou into a space and reality all its own, with a mood and flow quite distant from the everyday and yet hauntingly familiar. I found myself playing it over and over...' - City Paper (Washington DC)'Is a stone soul picnic, so party down. If you're going to buy one record this summer, here is one that, in the words of Hebrew National, answers to a higher authority.' - Glenn O'Brien, Interview Recorded in August 1985. Personnel: Milton Cardona (vocals, percussion); Steve Berrios, Hector Hernandez (bata); Jose Fernandez (percussion); Amma Dawn, Teresa Gomez, Sandra Wiles, Linda Evans (background vocals).

http://www.cumbancha.com/albums/umalali/ ... Cumbancha Records, Charlotte Vermont USA