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Online Videos and Audios

CMP YouTube Videos

Batá Videos (for more info go to Publications)

  • 1. La Topa
  • 2. Ogundere
  • 3.Agueré Ochosi
  • 4. Imbaloke
  • 5. Inle
  • 6/7. Iyakotá/San Lazaro
  • 8. Osain
  • 9. Ósun
  • 11a/b.Dadá and Oke
  • Batarumba

Middle Eastern Percussion Videos

  • Irtijal (Riqq Solo)
  • Masmudi Kabir (Tabla exercises)
  • Baladi (Tabla exercises)
  • Basic Riqq Exercises
  • Persian Tonbak Solo #1

Chicago Arabic Music Ensemble

  • Zourouni
  • Khatimah Jaharkah
  • Sama’i Bayati

Don Plays Vibraphone

  1. Flight by Don Skoog
  2. Manhattan After Dark by Victor Feldman
  3. Chokin’ the Bell by Harry Breurer

Don Plays Marimba

  • Blue Bossa
  • Water and Fire
  • Attendance to Ritual
  • Art Song
  • Balafon
  • Fantasy for L5

Don plays Drums

  • Old Drumming from New Orleans

Videos From Past CMP Programs

  • Bomba from Los Hermanos Emannuelli-Náter in Puerto Rico
  • Alejandro Carvajal and Marino Angarica play batá in Havana, Cuba
  • Issawa Drumming in Fez, Morocco
  • Samba Reggae with Dann Sherrill
  • Rumba Dance and Drum with Vizcaino in Morelia, Mexico
  • Alejandro Carvajal Playing Rumba
  • Jonah Lazarus’s Candomblé Workshop

Videos of CMP Students

  • CMP HS LP Ensemble: Mozambique
  • Brayden Reed plays Bach a-minor
  • Tate Sherman plays C Jam Blues on drums
  • Brayden plays Yellow After the Rain
  • The Whistler by G.H. Green
  • Katie and Joe play Meta on batá

Play-along Audios

Congas (with play along versions)

Tumbao Variations with clave and cáscara

Guaguanacó Havana Style with Variations

  1. Gua Hav Vars–complete
  2. Gua Have Vars–no tres/dos
  3. Gua Hav Vars–no salidor
  4. Gua Have Vars–for Two Drum
  • Slow Clave for Basic Quinto
  • Medium Clave and Guagua for Quinto
  • Guaguancó Havana for Quinto Solo

Fast Guaguancó, Havana Style

  1. Fast Gua Hav–complete
  2. Fast Gua Hav–no tres/dos
  3. Fast Gua Hav–no salidor
  4. Fast Gua Hav-for Two Drum

Ñongo/Columbia

  • Columbia-complete for quinto solo
  • Columbia-no tres/dos
  • Columbia-no salidor
  • Columbia-clave and guagua for 2-drum

Popular Rhythm Play-along Tracks

  1. Son Montuno-slow
  2. Son Montuno-medium
  3. El Pilón-slow
  4. El Pilón-medium
  5. A Caballo- slow
  6. A Caballo-medium
  7. Dengue-slow
  8. Dengue-medium
  • 9. Songo-slow
  • 10. Songo-medium
  • 11. Guaracha- slow
  • 12. Guaracha-medium
  • 13. Bolero
  • 14. Merensongo-slow
  • 15. Merensongo-medium

Mozambique Med. Tempo Play-along Tracks

  • 1. Mozambique-complete
  • 2. Mozambique-no primera
  • 3. Mozambique-no segunda
  • 4. Mozambique-no salidor
  • Comparsa Med. Tempo
  • Comparsa Fast Tempo

Batá (with play along versions)

  1. Oke – complete
  2. Oke – no Itótele
  3. Oke – no iyá
  4. Oke – -no Okónkolo
  1. Ñongo–complete
  2. Ñongo–no Itótele
  3. Ñongo–no Iyá
  4. Ñongo–no Okónkolo
  1. Dadá/Oke–complete
  2. Dadá/Oke–no Itótele
  3. Dadá/Oke–no Iyá
  4. Dadá’Oke–no Okónkolo
  1. Imbaloke –complete
  2. Imbaloke–no Itótele
  3. Imbaloke–no Iyá
  4. Imbaloke–no Okónkolo
  1. Ogundere–complete
  2. Ogundere–no Itótele
  3. Ogundere–no Iyá
  4. Ogundere–no Okónkolo
  1. Agueré Ochosi–complete
  2. Agueré Ochosi–no Itótele
  3. Agueré Ochosi–no Okónkolo
  4. Agueré Ochosi–no Iyá
  • 1.Inle-complete
  • 2. Inle-no Itótele
  • 3. Inle-no Okónkolo
  • 4. Inle-no Iyá
  • 1. Iyakotá/San Lazaro-complete
  • 2. Iyakotá/San Lazaro- no Itótele
  • 3. Iyakotá/San Lazaro- no Okónkolo
  • 4. Iyakotá/San Lazaro-no Iyá
  • 1. Osain-complete
  • 2. Osain-no Itótele
  • 3. Osain-no Okónkolo
  • 4. Osain-no Iyá

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