Julian Gerstin
percussion   /  ethnomusicology
 

SONG SAMPLES

bell prelude
A short composition in the style of Ewe (Ghana) gamamala bell polyrhythms

takahassanu (excerpt)
Jazz with Joel Harrison
takahassanu (full song)

bodies in motion(excerpt)
Latin/World Beat with Syncro System
bodies in motion (full song)

money wahala (excerpt)
Afrobeat with Kotoja
money wahala (full song)

i ain't got long  (excerpt)
My arrangement of a Bahamanian "rhyming spiritual" originally composed by Peter Elliot, done as a Martinican kalenda

para mi ochún (excerpt)
Afrocuban rumbaóa composition for my wife Carlene (from Vermont, which explains the silly English lyrics).  Lead singer: Felipe Pasmanick
  para mi ochún (full song)

talk to me (excerpt)
Live recording of a composition for myself (congas) and Ken Dalluge, drumset

cycle of leaves (excerpt)
Live recording of a composition for the Western Kentucky University Percussion Ensemble.  The timpani solo is through-composed; the solo conga (me) is not

handclaps and feet
Part of a longer composition.  "The best rhythm is skin on skin"óMongo Santamaria
 

Find out more about the above ensembles, and other groups I've played with:

SYNCRO SYSTEM
JOEL HARRISON
JUDITH JUSTIZ AFROCUBAN ENSEMBLE
BATUCADA NANA
CK LADZEKPO AFRICAN MUSIC
ALOKLI AFRICAN MUSIC
MICHAEL SMOLLENS & KRIYA
 
 
 

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