Curt Moore - Afro-Cuban Drumset: Grooves You Can Use

Afro-Cuban Drumset: grooves you can use

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Afro-Cuban Drumset: grooves you can use
featuring Curt Moore

Get in the groove by playing traditional Afro-Cuban percussion parts on the drumset. Detailed lessons, interactive practice tools and loads of features.

Curt Moore
With over 100 recordings to his credit, celebrated drummer and educator Curt Moore has amassed an impressive resume that lists collaborations with many leading jazz, pop and world music artists, including Francisco Aguabella, Pete Escovedo, Andy Narell, and Steve Turre, and leads his own critically acclaimed Latin Jazz group "Soul Sauce". Moore is on the faculty at The Jazzschool in Berkeley, California, and is in demand nationally as a clinic instructor and festival adjudicator.

Grooves
Learn how to apply traditional Afro-Cuban percussion parts to the drumset with nearly 3 hours of instruction covering 99 grooves in Cha Cha, Mambo Son, Bolero, and Afro 6/8 song styles. Curt breaks down each groove and demonstrates how it sounds in a band setting. The grooves are also presented using Curt's unique "Latin Feet/Jazz Feet" concept as a step toward learning the traditional "tumbao" bass patterns.

Performances
Get inside each song style with music by Curt's band "Soul Sauce". Gain valuable insight into how the grooves are used in the context of a performance. Or choose the alternate audio track to hear Curt's commentary on his technique along with advice for playing with other musicians.

Practice Tools
Come up to speed with extensive practice tools that include interactive play-along tracks for each groove and options for choosing which instruments to practice with. DVD-ROM features include printable PDF notation files of all the grooves, as well as looping audio files in Sony® Acid® and Apple® Garageband™ formats that facilitate tempo alterations without affecting the pitch of the instruments.

Feature Rich
Check out Curt's setup and pick up some choice tips for your kit in the interactive drumset feature. Learn the do’s and don't’s of playing with congas and timbales. Study basic clave concepts. Jump straight to what you're looking for quickly and easily with extensive menu access.

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Curt presents the disc's highlights and explains his teaching method.

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Curt Moore

For more than three decades, celebrated drummer and educator Curt Moore has amassed an admirable list of performing, recording and teaching achievements. With over 100 recordings to his credit, including a Grammy-nominated recording with Jackie and Roy, Curt has shown an affinity for playing in a surprisingly wide variety of musical styles. Curt’s impressive resume lists collaborations with many leading jazz, pop and world music artists, including Francisco Aguabella, the Count Basie Orchestra, Chuck Berry, Ray Brown, John Clayton, Richard Davis, Pete Escovedo, Vic Firth, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Heath, Jackie and Roy, Andy Narell, Rufus Reid, and Steve Turre.

Curt's passion for Latin music has led to numerous projects including Soul Sauce, his own critically acclaimed 5-piece Latin-Jazz group which draws on the rich body of Afro-Cuban and Brazilian influenced jazz. As an educator, Curt is in demand both in the classroom and as a private instructor. Having served on the teaching staff of the six-time world champion Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps, Moore is currently on the faculty at The Jazzschool in Berkeley, California. Curt participates in clinic settings as a performer and teacher, and as a festival adjudicator throughout the United States.

Early in career, Curt studied with Latin Jazz drumming luminary Johnny Rae, best known for his work with Cal Tjader in the 1960s. He holds a B.A. from San Jose State University where he studied classical percussion with the esteemed San Francisco Symphony percussionist, composer and author Anthony Cirone. Moore graduated with an emphasis in jazz performance and has endorsement relationships with Vic Firth Drumsticks and Evans Drumheads.