History of the cajón - Chapter 1: the Peruvian cajón.

History of the Peruvian cajón by Paolo De Gregorio, from its origin until the second decade of 2000.

[@SonOfRhythm]

Great video! Thank you for sharing this. 💯

[@davidmortara]

This video by Paolo De Gregorio is excellent and comes from information provided by Lucho Rocca of the Afro-Peruvian Museum in Zaña. He posits that the cajón is a descendant of the calabash drum from Zaña, the Checo. I don’t think that connection is as strong as the tradition of the ‘cajoneador’, which is also mentioned. The cajón does not appear in the CODEX produced between 1782-1785. The cajita and quijada do. The custom of the ‘cajoneador’ playing at the foot of a harp (al pie de la arpa) does. Cajones were played in Lima several decades before 1894. Some cajones were sat on, and others were held between the legs. Some were played symmetrically, and others side-saddle. That information about the Condemarin brothers and the photo of one brother playing an upright cajón is significant. Is the cajón an instrument whose origin is in Northern Peru? Perhaps. But there are earlier references to it being played in Lima.

[@Nerudah]

So...where's the rest?