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Central Park Rumba
Eddie Bobe
Central Park Rumba
Genres: International Music, Latin Music
 
  •  Track Listings (10) - Disc #1

For 30 years, people have been gathering in New York's Central Park every Sunday afternoon to celebrate the rumba. These days it's a mixture of Nuyorican and Cuban musicians who do the drumming and singing, and Eddie Bob&#...  more »

     
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All Artists: Eddie Bobe
Title: Central Park Rumba
Members Wishing: 0
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Label: Piranha Germany
Release Date: 3/14/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: International Music, Latin Music
Styles: Caribbean & Cuba, Tropical, Salsa, Merengue
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 713746028220

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For 30 years, people have been gathering in New York's Central Park every Sunday afternoon to celebrate the rumba. These days it's a mixture of Nuyorican and Cuban musicians who do the drumming and singing, and Eddie Bobè has brought together some of the top Big Apple percussionists to offer the sound of two hands clapping (on skin). This isn't Latin jazz; it's much more basic, and in many ways more beautiful. Most of the tracks are just percussion and voice, raw but also very rich (not to mention well recorded). On the tracks with additional instruments, the percussion almost seems like an intrusion, albeit a glorious one. Five percussionists and three voices are all you really need to get the hips swaying and the feet moving, and before you know it you're doing the rumba! With a beat this hot, it's enough to get the melting pot boiling over. --Chris Nickson
 

CD Reviews

Rumba New York:The way it's always been.
Victor Martinez | Upland, CA United States | 01/28/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Growing up in New york many years ago I had first hand experience of playing this kind of percussion. Especially on summer nites or at the beach during the hot days. Conga drum sounds would flourish in almost all the five bouroughs. Small groups would gather and very soon, after a few shots of "Bacardi", dancing would start.Every so often some one would show up with his conga and join in. This is a great cd for anyone wanting to get a taste of what is done constantly in the city. I pulled out my Tumba and Quinto and went at as I did as a kid in New York."