Chilcano - Moche

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This piece was one of our hits in Chilcano.  We performed this jam in Peru - in Lima and Cuzco.  Then we went to Macchu Pichu!  The beat is a slow Marinera / Zamacueca.  Tono Vilchez would do his Lando Tap routine to this track (see Lando Tap video).  I originally composed this tune in 2008 and played it with a band in Madison, WI.  The intro is taken from the original bass intro played by Kevin Knapp.

 

Lando Tap

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I played every week for the better part of a year with Antonio Vilchez, a percussionist and tap dancer from Lima, Peru.  We did a tour together in Peru and I got to continue to learn lots of great things about the cajón and where it comes from.

Spectrum Trio at Juilliard

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In 2011 Spectrum Trio performed and gave a masterclass at the Juilliard percussion seminar.   Among many other pieces, we played my composition - De La Costa Del Peru.  Here is a video of the audience and the back of our heads (and you gotta turn up the volume a little bit too).

Friends and Colleagues

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Fringe Character - Lion of Istan LLC (Madison, WI)

http://www.fringecharacter.com/

Dane Crozier - Percussionist (Chicago, IL)

www.danecrozier.com

Mike Truesdell - Percussionist (New York, NY) 

www.miketruesdell.com

WADOMA - West African Dance of Madison (Madison, WI)

www.wadoma.com

Albert Alabedra - Flamenco guitar (Barcelona, Spain/NYC) 

www.reverbnation.com/albertoelmamífero

Renato Diz - Piano (Portugal/NYC)

Many more to come!

Albert Alabedra & Alba Marba - "Barcelona-New York" (2013)

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Recorded The Honablue Institute | Engineers: Omari Edwards, Robert Honablue | Produced by Bob DiGiacomo | Arrangements by John Doing

  • Albert Alabedra (guitar)
  • Alba Marba (voice)
  • Melissa Aldana (sax)
  • Bob Digiacomo (bass)
  • Marta Sanchez (piano)
  • Xianix Barrera (palmas) 

The second release of Albert Alabedra in the US!  This session was great for me because I have been developing my hybrid drumset setup to use with this Flamenco band.  I have a kick, snare, hi-hat, ride, 2 djembes, a table of toys, and of course the cajón.  We recorded this as an instrumental album and sent it to Spain to see if we could get a few vocals on it..  Three days later, Alba had composed and recorded vocals for all four songs and we were on our way to finishing this great recording! 

 

Peter Wise - "Don't Walk Away" (2012)

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Recorded at Moon Lab Studios in Brooklyn, NY | Engineered by Lane Banning | Mastered by Philip Klum

  • Peter Wise (guitar and voice)
  • Trevor Brown (bass) 
  • Renato Diz (piano/rhodes)
  • Danny Lipsitz (sax) 
  • John Doing (drums) 

Rubber Skunk - "Rubber Skunk" (2011)

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Recorded at Rough Magic Studios in Brooklyn, NY | Recording Engineer: Alby Cohen | Mixed by Bob DiGiacomo and Rubber Skunk | Mastered by Joe DiMattia at Big Sky Audio, Springfield, PA. | Artwork by Laura Jasmine Green.

Rubber Skunk is funk.. rock.. and many things, but above all it is a real band, with real band practices, a real following, and super real songs.  I play percussion on a couple of tracks.. and at live shows whenever possible!  We have another album in the works..