LP Basics: Bobby Sanabria - Bembe

[@gruber5937]

Fantastic lesson - I love how you went into its origin, the word meanings and the culture. Thank you.

[@ceciliaderico2158]

Fabulous. Thank you for telling the story and history of these incredible rhythms. I'm tapping along the cow bell rhythm with a drum stick on a shoe because it's at midnight in an apartment ... Fun!

[@royalhartigan]

thanks, bobby, true, west african origins and deep rhythms!

[@nenissaK]

It's funny how Opeth (prog-metal) took bembe bell pattern (especially Martin Lopez who was the first drummer, also current drummer Martin Axenrot) and put it all over their songs, which is one reason why they sound so good. Master's apprentices (end), the Devil's orchard (middle section) and so many others I can't remember, haven't listened to their music for a while now.

[@SAHBfan]

But don't forget, Ginger Baker was using the bembe pattern starting with the Graham Bond Organization in the mid 1960 and then developed it extensively in a lot of his later playing. He would consider it to have been based in the African tradition though, rather than cuban. With a name like 'Lopez' maybe Martin draws on his Latin roots... but just as likely he was a Ginger Baker fan :)

[@JanWynd]

@@SAHBfan Its African regardless so what you said makes no since. The Bembe rhythm is an African rhythm that was imported to Cuba. It never stopped being African, it simply traveled wherever Africana migrated to. Bembe is even prevalent in Afro-American music as well to further illustrate the point. Be clear, African rhythms our the foundation of all diasporic African music: Whether Afro-American music, Afro-Latin music, or Afro-Caribbean music.

[@SAHBfan]

@@JanWynd - I said Ginger Baker would consider Bembe to have been based on the African tradition - (because he listened to African rhythms, not Cuban). How does the fact that you consider it to be African, too, mean my comment doesn't make sense? I never claimed the rhythm was Cuban. It was Bobby Sanabria who was describing how the rhythm is played in CUBA - I suggest you try telling him he doesn't know what he is talking about ;)

[@JanWynd]

@@SAHBfan I dont *consider it to be African. I *know* its African. That is a fact. Your ambiguous terms have no weight here and do much to showcase your cultural ignorance as it pertains to Yoruba African Culture in Cuba. The fact that Bembe is African isnt even debateable(hence the rhythms African name just like Rumba, Bomba, Samba etc...) Even Sanabria concedes that. Any Afro-Cubano will tell you that Afro-cuban rhythms are African in origin. Sanabria is a student of the African-rhythm tradition that survived in Cuba despite oppression. You're a fool if you think he would deny that, especially in light of the fact that he clearly paid homage to Africa for originating Bembe in this very video. You seem to lack cultural understanding as it pertains to Latin America in direct referrence to Africa's indelible cultural impact there. As an African percussionist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and diasporic African well-versed in diasporic African cultures of the Americas, I suggest you try telling *me* that I dont know what Im talking about. Be clear, Sanabria isnt an authority on Afro-Cuban culture, he is merely a *student of it. And thats no disrespect to him but the facts are the facts. Get it straight.

[@DavidePettirossi]

Great teacher; great lesson! Thank you, Bob and LP!!!

[@petesheehan6927]

Informative and concise. Thank you so much,from England.

[@rahvens]

Thank you so much I was looking for so long for a class of this great style ... Once again learning something with the great teacher ...

[@DrumsEngineering]

Perfect lesson!

[@jaystechroom]

I love the color or these tama kits

[@niall2353]

Does the song that Bobby played st the start of the video have a name? Thank you

[@OboeFiles]

Same question?

[@flreport23]

I saw him today at njpac and loved it

[@wimgui]

Hermano muchas gracias. Sería más efectivo para los menos avanzados si dividieras un poco más las diferentes partes y mostraras la anotación en la pantalla. Es sólo una sugerencia para la próxima ocasión. Gracias por adentrarnos en los lindos ritmos afrocubanos!

[@slappyboxer]

this guy is awesome..

[@ArmandDelaville]

Now, there’s some basic things that you need to know 😳

[@screwmaster404]

Da Bomb

[@juanligorria8606]

any example of a song that actually uses this?

[@wompswag9532]

Cuba Libre by Irakere is my favorite example! The ending of the song transitions from a straight ahead salsa beat to bembe.

[@Bhazalt]

One to tree fofa siss !

[@danny1689]

he looks like a latin Gavin Harrison

[@w.tibbsclemens636]

LP it would have been much more helpful to have the parts notated out on screen

[@titopakin2496]

🪘

[@raphaelpaz9043]

Bembe another 100% cuban rithem. Bembe en el Solar de la California asere.

[@JanWynd]

Wrong. Its a 100% African rhythm imported to Cuba by Yoruba Africans. The dude even said it at the beginning of the video. Learn the cultural history and get that racism out of your system.

[@TheArtofBlues]

Anyone seen my cowbell? 😂

[@bloopwars9977]

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