Benj wrote:
> On Sep 23, 11:13 am, Harpman <harp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Question, Are there any conga players who professionally played with
>> blues bands or any blues musicians? Thanks. Allen
>
> Congas with blues aren't a traditional thing. I've played congas with
> blues bands but I'm not exactly a professional conga player or famous.
> But I was personally quite surprised at how well it worked out. And
> the rest of the bond loved it far more than I thought they would too.
>
> Basically, percussion with blues seems to be a relatively modern
> outgrowth of the popularity of percussion with rock thing that has
> developed in recent years. Basically the added percussion (shakers,
> tambourine, bongos, congas, I've even seen a tamborim played with
> blues...hell I've played one with blues myself!) usually is used to
> fatten and fill out drumset percussion. And it does that very well
> even with blues.
>
> Traditional conga rhythms don't work well with blues so one has to
> rather adapt them to a kind of shuffle feel to get them to work. But
> they do work. I don't know if this kind of movement is going to go
> further or if it has run it's course, but the fatter groove that
> drumset plus percussion gives even in blues does work and as I said
> the guys I played with loved the added feel. So I'm thinking you'll
> see more of this in the future.
>
> Of course, percussion added to jazz drumset has been going on for
> quite some time now even to the point of influencing the jazz grooves
> to Hispanic influenced beats. I don't think blues has gone that far
> yet, but it may in the future. Who knows?
>
Very interesting response . Thanks a lot. Allen
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