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Founded in Cuba more than 50 years ago, legendary group Clave Y Guaguancó is dedicated to researching and developing the true traditions of..
From Cuban TV special "La Rumba." More rumba at Con Víctor Quesada "Tatín" en el quinto; Alfredo Gomes.
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Debut UK performances in May & June by two of Cuba's most distinctive musical groups.
British interest in Cuban music is now at an all time high.
However there remain some precious musical secrets which Cuba has yet to share with us. Changui de Guantanamo and Clave y Guaguancó are masters of two forms of Cuban music which are currently little known outside of Cuba but which are fundamental on the island.
Clave y Guaguancó play rumba, the Cuban music with the strongest African influence.
Pounding box drums interplay with the higher pitched bata drums to underpin swooping call and response vocals.
Playing Yambu de cajones in Havana at Dedeu's house.In Cuba the drum is everything and rumba is the rhythm that makes the country move. Right now rumba is undergoing an international funky revival with underground rumba clubs springing up from New York to London.
Clave y Guaguancó formed in the Havana docks more than forty years ago and in the beginning pounded out their rhyt