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- Alex playing the balafon at the Acoustic
Music Club, The Pierson Hotel, St Helier, Jersey on December 4th
2000 - courtesy of Martyn Michel.
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- I started drumming a long time ago, longer than most people would care
to remember. In 1970 - I switched from kit drumming to hand drums; inspired
by Santana. Being a disc jockey got in the way for a while, although now
and again I would play a number or two with Skintight at the Inn on the Park or would turn up at the Jazz
Jams on Sunday afternoon at Sands and other long gone locations,
featuring the late (and much missed) Jack Duff. When the DJing stopped
in 1982 so did the drumming - or least playing drums - for the last 18
years I have been playing the steering wheel of my car, my desk, the tops
of filing cabinets, empty water tubs from the drinks machine, you get the
picture!
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- My love of Jazz, Latin and other World Music never went away and all
have became fashionable again so, surrounded by the sounds that made me
want to play, I finally surrendered - signing up in the summer of 2000
for percussion classes led by Ronnie Weiss at the Arts Centre.
Slowly my chops came back and with them came a sudden obsession to collect
drums.
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- My collection has grown and now consists of congas, bongos, timbales,
tablas, djembe, doumbeck, derbouka, talking drums, qweeka, udu drums, kalimba,
kpanlogo, sogo, ewe drums, dholak, slit drums, balafon, berimbau, tamboura,
au go gos, gumba, african bells, chekere, claves, guiro, vibraslap, rainstick,
wave drum, Tibetan finger cymbals, caxixi, various other shakers and loads
of things that rattle and bang. Just invested in some bata drums - something
new to learn! The house is beginning to look a little cluttered!! They
all get played, thanks to the Dave André Band and
Monkfish (who I jam with at the Blue Note Bar on some Saturday
afternoons), the Acoustic Music Club,
the Watersplash Open Mic Sessions, the Jersey
Drum Circle and the Community Drum
Jams.
Playlists (old
DJ's habit!)
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- Current Favorites
Lhasa - Anywhere On
This Road from The Living Road | Amy Winehouse - Help Yourself
& Take The Box from Frank | Los
Hombres Calientes - Pa Sango from Vodou Dance | Abdul Tee-Jay
- East End Jorlay from Palm Wine A Go-Go | Kekele - Issake Shango
from Congo Life | Can It Be? - DaLata from Serious | Soel
- Le Vicomte from Memento | Bikram Ghosh - The Language of Innocence
from Rhythmscape | Rokia Traore
- Koté Don from Bowmboï
- Top Five All-time Favorites
- Lets Get It On - Marvin Gaye | Autumn Leaves - Van Morrison
| I Never Talk to Strangers - Tom Waits and Bette Midler | You
Talk That Talk - Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt | Victim - The
Persuasions
- Favorite Artists Websites
- World Music: One
Giant Leap | Los
Hombres Calientes | Da
Lata | Baka Beyond: Baka Homepage
| Nitin Sawhney | Virginia
Rodrigues (at Rykodisc)
- Blues and R & B: The
Persuasions | The Neville
Brothers | Bobby Womack |
Macy
Gray | Taj Mahal | The Robert Cray Band | Keb' Mo.
- General: BBC
Radio 3 World On Your Street Community Music Pages
- REM:
The Reveal Site | Van
Morrison: the Man and His Music | Wavelength:
The Van Morrison Newsletter | Jeb
Loy Nichols | Kate Rusby
| The John Martyn Website
| Warren Zevon | Ron
Sexsmith | Eddi
Reader
- Labels
- Bembe Records | Putumayo World Music: Home of Oliver
Mtukudzi and some excellent Samplers | Palm
Pictures: Home of Da Lata, Moreno Veloso and Baba Maal |
Real World: Fascinating Collection
of World Music Samples | Alula Records:
Home of Mamadou Diabate | Stern's
Music: UK African Music Store and Label - Home of Kékélé
| Luaka Bop: Home of Susana Baca
and David Byrne | Blind Pig Records:
Cool Blues Label
- World Music
- Radio
- Charlie Gillett: BBC Radio
London
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- Magazines
- Songlines | fRoots
- Live Music
- Favorite Venues (London
only)
- Union Chapel
| Africa Centre
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- Festivals
- Sidmouth International
Festival
- Brampton
Live Festival promoted by Sue and Ken Bradburn of Emerging
Music | FRoots Festivals
List
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- Open Mic Sessions (London only)
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BlueBelly Acoustic Revue (London)
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