The Chanters - Masters Of Improvisation

Tracklist

A1	This Gone Be The Joint	5:11
A2	Martillo	6:11
A3	Skip To My Lou	4:02
A4	Oyea Rumberos	4:30
A5	El Llamar De Los Cueros	3:50
B1	El Alma De Guaguanco	3:50
B2	Rumba De La Tumba	5:00
B3	Acara Mama	4:09
B4	Fuck Around, Fuck Around	7:06
A5	La Jungla Del Barrio	3:01

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – MPB Records – 1250963

Credits

• Bongos – "Cocolo Buzz" Coppedge, Frankie Valle
• Claves – Frankie Valle
• Composed By – "Cocolo Buzz" Coppedge
• Congas [Quinto] – Frankie Valle, Johnny Rodriguez, "Bata" Ray Vega*
• Congas [Tumbadora] – Johnny Rodriguez, "Bata" Ray Vega*
• Leader – "Cocolo Buzz" Coppedge
• Management – "Cocolo Buzz" Coppedge
• Producer – "Cocolo Buzz" Coppedge
• Timbales – "Cocolo Buzz" Coppedge

Notes

Recorded on location in the Bronx, New York.
Engineered and Mixed at: Componet Studio, Bronx, New York

THE DRUM WAS THE FIRST INSTRUMENT UPON THIS EARTH. MADE FROM THE ELEMENTS OF NATURE. HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AND CONVERTED IN CULTURE, RELIGION, LAW AND TRADITION. THE CHANTERS REALIZED THAT COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS WERE ONLY THERE TO INDOCTRINATE YOU WITH WHAT THEY WANT YOU KNOWN AND NOT WHAY YOU SHOULD KNOW. THE PURPOSE OF THESE COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE TO BRING OUT WHAT YOU HAVE WITIN. A MAN WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF HIMSELF IS LIKE A TREE WITH NO ROOTS.

THE DRUM IS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CREATION OF IMPROVISATION. FROM THE HEART IS WHAT YOU FEEL OR IT IS NOT TRULY REAL. IT IS THE INDIVIDUALS FORMULA OF INTERPRETATION AND THOUGHTFUL MEDITATION THAT ACCOUNTS FOR TOTAL IMPROVISATION. THE MUSIC THEORY TAUGHT BY COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS ARE THE RUDIMENTS OF EUROPEAN TEACHINGS WHERE THE DRUM DID NOT ORIGINATE. THE DRUM HAS BECOME PART OF THE CULTURE FOR MANY COUNTRIES, AND MANY RHYTHMS HAVE COME TO BE. IT IS THE IN-DEPTH STUDY OF SUCH RHYTHMS AS THE TUMBAL, GUAGUANCO, ABACUA, META, NANIGO, ORIZA, LUCUMI, CONGA, COMPARSA, 6/8 AND 12/8 AFRO'S, THE CHA CHA, MAMBO, PACHANGA, CHARANGA, SAMBA, MERENGUE, COLUMBIA, BOLERO, MOZAMBIQUE, GUAJIRA, MUNTUNO, SONGO, BOMBA, AND RUMBA THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE EDUCATION OF A PERCUSSIONIST.

THROUGH GENETIC HEREDITY OF HIS ANCESTORS IN AFRICA, COCOLO BUZZ BY MEANS OF MENTAL RELAPSE SOUGHT TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO IMPLEMENT IN THIS TIME. COMPELLED TO ADMINISTER EXPLOSIVE RIFFING TO THE QUINTO, SEGUNDA, TUMBADORA, BONGO, TIMBAL, BATA, AND SO ON, HE GATHERED TOGETHER THESE CONCRETE JUNGLE JAMMERS TO FORM THE CHANTERS. TIPICAL OF EL BARRIO THE CHANTERS BREAK TRADITION AND FOLKLORE BY MIXING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTO CHANTS WHILE PLAYING DESCARGAS. DESCARGAS MEANS JAM SESSION. DESCARGAS ARE A FAVORITE BECAUSE THEY GIVE EACH PERCUSSIONIST HIS OWN FREEDOM TO EXPRESS WHAT HE HIMSELF FEELS WITHIN. SO IT IS AUTHENTIC ORIGINALITY FROM THE HEART TO THE MIND THAT AFTER YEARS OF PLAYING DRUMS AND LIVING WITH THIS MUSIC MAKES IT OBVIOUS WHY THE CHANTERS ARE PREEMINENT AND REMINISCENTLY ROOTS. THESE RECORDINGS ARE FOR THE ESOTERIC COLLECTOR OF DRUM MUSIC. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CHANTERS WISDOM THAT THEY RESPECTIVELY EARN THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF IMPROVISATION.

This album is dedicated to all professors and scholars who have degrees in music, but have never studied at the university of improvisation.