This was recorded in UC Santa Barbara.
I know that we have talked about African rhythms in Latin American
music and this video is about that exact thing. It's a bit long, but it's
totally worth watching!!! Beautiful Guitar playing too!! I hope you enjoy it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OFZWGpqTaY&NR=1
This is a video of the Arturo O'farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra.
I think this is the jazz orchestra that I have heard last summer
in the Sculpture Garden of National Art Gallery. They have very
Latin America/ African feel to their music and I think part of it
is that the Conga adds in that African feel to a mostly Latin feel?
music. Sometimes they have shows that has instruments that are
not usually used in Jazz ensembles. I remember one that I saw at Sculpture
Garden, they had this Mandolin looking instrument but it was black
and just really different...I don't really know the name of it but it wasn't
Mandolin because it was too big to be a Mandolin...Anyways the music
is way cool!!! I hope you guys like their music too!!
http://home.earthlink.net/~minermusic/iwonder.htm
This site shows and talks about the STRING instruments of South America
and this one particular song called I Wonder As I Wander.
It also talks about that Armadillo Guitar that Dr. V showed us in class!!!
I don't think I will ever be able to play with it or hold it.....I'd probably chicken
out.. Just the thought of playing a dead animal..........ACK!!!hahaha
Also it has the picture of the harp that we talked about in class too!!! It does
have a really big bottom!! I hope this site would be interesting to you guys!
I like the pictures! The ocarinas look really cool. I'd like to try to play one.
답글삭제I really REALLY like the Afro-Latin Jazz. It makes me want to dance. And it reminds me of the theme song of Seinfeld or some other sitcom. I'm not sure which one.
The idea of connecting rhythms in other genres or cultures of music is really interesting. I bet that just about every popular genre of music can link itself to African culture somehow- e.g. the blues we talked about today.
I really liked your last cool thing. I agree "playing" a dead animal does not sound so fun. It is neat to see the different instruments and how they play them in Africa though. :)
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