Word: conga
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Smith and Cinelu anchor a dynamic rhythm section which literally picks up the band and moves it along. But Cinelu is a born show-stopper. He not only played over a dozen percussion instruments, but he warmed up the crowd with a conga solo, and gave a virtuoso performance on the udu, an instrument which resembles a jar. Keyboardist Delmar Brown complements Kirkland's jazz piano with a funky Caribbean sound. Campbell was simply electric, and Marsalis was, well, just Marsalis, which means excellent...
Relevant choice of music, I thought, as the cheerleaders gyrated to the strains of "Conga" by Miami Sound Machine...
Others may come to the Square to practice in front of an audience, to publicize a future gig, or just for fun. A recent graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ed Bernstein likes to beat his conga drum along Brattle St. After finishing work at Digital Equipment Corporation. Bernstein starts searching around Paperback Booksmith for other musicians to join...
...Bernstein (Conga drum) -- A graduate of RPI, he makes up his face with black, silver and blue makeup and joins other musicians along Brattle St., usually on Tuesday. He calls what he does improvisation. "It's like jazz out not like it's taken to mean by Berkeley students." Originally from Long Island., Bernstein plans to write a book for street musicians under the name of Tem Noon...
...cooking. In Mexican areas people are doing the taco thing with beans and rice; in Puerto Rican areas it's roast pork and fried rice. If you walk around Pilsen (a Mexican enclave) you'll hear mariachi music; in (Puerto Rican) Humboldt Park you'll hear salsa and conga drums...