SIN PALABRAS from Cuba will play an extra concert at the start of the
after party, at 00.30 AM. Their first concert is at 7.00PM.
For the masterclass with LUIS CONTE, Sunday May 15 in the Bimhuis,
Amsterdam, we have two places left to participate actively, and of course enough room for
audience that will watch the masterclass with this great first call percussionist.
Please click here
for the World Drum Festival
in Hamburg, Germany, May 13-16, 1999.
Earth, Wind & Fire's Sonny Emory & Massive
Attack's Andy
Gangadeen & Apollo 404's Paul Kodish in 
THE ZILDJIAN RHYTHM PARTY
(sponsored by Zildjian cymbals - Sonny Emory
co-sponsored by Yamaha drums)
Three of the finest dancedrummers will play together in
this funky-dance-drum 'n' bass-drum-uproar. Andy Gangadeen, recently proclaimed as best
British popdrummer, will play litterary put his drumkit into fire, with the help of his
drumroadie. Paul Kodish is specialized in the hectic drum 'n' bassgrooves. In combination
with the funky groove- and solodrumming from Sonny Emory, for ten years drummer of Earth,
Wind & Fire, this drumtrio will guarantee a magnificent show for more then an hour.
Raul Rekow &
Karl Perazzo
& Armando
Peraza:
SANTANA PERCUSSIONS
(sponsored by LP percussion
and co-sponsored
by Sabian cymbals)
For eight years now they form the permanent percussion
section of Santana, conguero Raul Rekow (left) and timbalero Karl Perazzo (middle). Raul
Rekow joined Santana 22 years ago, and special guest of this duo, Armando Peraza, more
than 80 years old (!), did the same in 1972. His appearance has just been confirmed
bevause his health is good enough to travel! Read a special feature interview with Armando
Peraza on the website of LP-owner Martin Cohen.
Especially for the world drum festival the trio of Santana percussionists will come to
Europe to play their spectacular percussion show on congas, bongos and timbales, draw on a
big scale of Afro-Cuban rhythms.
Sponsored by LP percussion - co-sponsored by Sabian
cymbals.
THE CUBOP CITY BIG BAND featuring LUIS CONTE
(the appearance of Luis Conte is sponsored
by Meinl percussion; the appearance of the Cubop City
Big Band is possible because of the support of the Nederlands Impresariaat)
Without any doubt the
best Dutch bigband of all times: The Cubop
City Big Band, directed by timbalero/drummer Lucas van Merwijk (many times chosen as
the best in The Netherlands). They have concentrated themselves on the mambo from Cuba:
this stands for whirling drums, in combination with fierce horn parts and songs sang
beautifully by Venezulean singer Yma Martinez. Their album dedicated to Cuban composer
Beny Mor� was internationally acclaimed as one of the best releases of 1998. Venzulean
percussionist Gerardo Rosales plays bongo and cowbell, German percussionist Nils Fisher
plays congas.
LUIS CONTE 
Especially for this performance world's most asked for percussionist will be flown over
from Los Angeles. Luis Conte has more than a 1000 cd's to his name (check his discography
on the All Music Guide!) and played and plays with
celebrities such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Toto, Jackson
Browne, Pat Metheny, and Phil Collins. Luis Conte is
always the man, whether he plays soft fusion or metal, Cuban son or slick pop music. He is
master of the conga, timbales, bongo and every different small percussion instrument. Soon
his third solo-cd will be released, telling the story of his musical life in Cuba (till
his 14th) and in Los Angeles (up till now).
MASTERCLASS LUIS CONTE
Luis Conte will do a special masterclass the day after the
festival, May 16, in the Bimhuis, Amsterdam. Ten advanced percussionists are welcome to be
educated further by Luis Conte on topics such as playing in the studio. If you want to
participate in the masterclass, please call +31 20 675 5308 (Dfl 65,-). If you only want
to listen and watch, please make a reservation at the Bimhuis,
Amsterdam, + 31 20 623 3373 (Dfl 15,-). The masterclass is being held on Sunday May 16,
from 3.00PM till 5.00PM.
Arthur Hull's WORLD DRUM
MOVEMENT AUDIENCE PERCUSSIONJAM
(sponsored by Remo percussion)
Arthur Hull is more than anyone else able to get a large audience
play percussion, even when completely unknown with the instruments. He will show this
during the Paradiso van Slag festival with a gigantic percussion jam with the audience
taking part, using the instruments supplied by Remo percussion.
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SIN PALABRAS from Cuba
Cuban percussion mixed with
techno-house. Sin Palabras is a
unique combination from 'the land of drums', Cuba. Featuring El Teacher (conga, bat�) and
El Charanguero (timbales, bat�). The percussionists will perform with a dj and singer,
and the whole thing is finished off with two dancers who, just like the drummers, will
combine Cuban, African and western influences. Sin Palabras has a main role on the 1998
Cuban percussion cd House of Drums and recently finished their cd Orisha Dreams, produced
by Belgian percussionist Poney Gross. He has worked together with dj Jean-Claude Gu� on
this unique concept and will join us for Paradiso Van Slag with his crew straight from
Havana, Cuba.
CHUCK SILVERMAN
workshop Cuban Drumset
(sponsored by Mapex drums)
The state of the art of drumming is being
found in Cuba at this very moment. Drummers like Raul Pineda (Sintesis, Chucho Valdes),
Giraldo Piloto (Klimax), Samuel Formell and upcoming others set the standard in virtuoso
drumming of today. Chuck Silverman, expert in
Afro-Carribean drumset playing, researched Cuban drumsetplaying, and released a video
documentary on the forementioned drummers and their innovative style. In this workshop
Chuck Silverman will show and educate this Cuban style drumming, called timba drumming.
THE DUTCH MASTERS:
Ton Dijkman, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Lucas van Merwijk, en Ernst van Ee (sponsored by Pearl drums)
All four of them have been chosen best drummer in their
style by readers of Slagwerkkrant Magazine. Pearl drums puts them together on Masters
drums...
THE AFRICAN MASTERS:
Mohamed Benchakhchakh, Paco Diedhiou, Pape Thiam & Yusuf Nuweku
Four African masterdrummers present 'talking drums'
from Africa. Mohamed Benchakhchakh from Maroc, Yusuf Nuweku from Ghana, Pape Thiam and
Paco Diedhiou from Senegal. They play the less well known drums from Africa: bendir,
daholla, darbuka, bougarabou, tama, serouba, kpanlogo and brekete.
LES PAS DE DANSE D'AFRIQUE feat. PAPE SECK
MARTIJN BOSMAN & DYZACK
KIM WEEMHOFF & JOSHUA SAMSON
sponsored by Evans drumheads and Remo percussion
DUTCH DRUMS
PERCOSSA
PERCUSSION
sponsored by Zildjian and Evans
DJ KIKKE
sponsored by Drumschool Cleuver
SALT
JUBAL DRUM & BUGLE CORPS
sponsored by Pearl drums
TAMA DRUMMERS AWARD
sponsored by Tama drums and Zildjian cymbals
Paradisco
World Drum Party: night program starting 00.30
AM, with DJ's & VJ's and Sin Palabras from Cuba live!
DETAILS ON THE FESTIVAL ORGANISATION
Saturday May 15, starting 12.00 AM
Paradiso, Amsterdam
Tickets Dfl 37,50 (equivalent of
$19)
Tickets also on the internet: www.theater.nl
The festival is organised by the
Dutch magazine on drums and percussion: SLAGWERKKRANT
The
World Drum Festival in Hamburg started co-operating with the Paradiso van Slag world drum
festival in 1997. The festival in Hamburg takes place from May 13 till May 16. Please Click here for
program details.
For all
inquiries on the festival please contact:
Stichting Slagwerkkrant
Keijser 18 Mediaproducties
Postbus 51169, 1007 ED Amsterdam
The Netherlands
tel +31 20
675 5308 fax + 31 20 679 7377
e-mail [email protected]
Ask for:
Nyeleti van Belle
Freire, publicity
Erk Willemsen, festival
director
The festival is made possible by the
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
