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Posted: **Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:04 am**

At my regular gig I play bongos with a straight up jazz group.
There can be from 1-4 horns on the chorus, a trap set, stand up bass amplified, and a rotating guitar keyboard or piano.

Anyways, I'm looking for some feedback in what characteristics as far as woods and drum makers might make a good set to fit in a bit more melodically, and volume wise, between the drum set and the bass.

Much of the discussion here centers on rumba and dums for that.

I'm thinking of a musical sound, the way I keep hearing Anga on Cachaito, or Francis Aquabella on H2O not that I'll ever come near them, but I just love the musical quality they are getting.

Edited By bongosnotbombs on 1187141525

Posted: **Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:51 am**

bnb,

I remember that when I was choosing the wood for my Islas, I told him that I'd mainly be playing loud R&B and pop percussionist and occasional Latin and Jazz (both mainstream and fusion) music. I asked for his recommendation and he told me "canoe" for playing my musical genres and "cherry" for playing mainly Jazz. So, I opted for "canoe".

Since Mario uses only 2 types of wood, his recommendations lead me to speculate that for playing traditional Latin music, oak and other "heavy" woods are ideal. For Jazz and other "light" music, in addition to "cherry", it would be the lighter-sounding woods, such as "mahogany", etc.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong and/or add to my short list above. Thanks.

Posted: **Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:04 pm**

There are differents brands of congas which percussionists use for jazz,the same for the drums,you need to trust your tuning skills in relation to the percussion instrument, also since there are several styles of jazz,(there is not way to buy a set of congas for each style),..I have played all,....again,all types of jazz regardless which is the set of congas I'm using,if you can affort a good one go for it.Dr. Zaragemca

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