Comments on: ANDY BEY / “Drume Negrita” http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/ a conversation about black music Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Marian http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-42026 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:05:06 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-42026 Thanks again. I only recently ran upon Andy Bey. It's great hearing different interpretations of the same song. Thanks again. I only recently ran upon Andy Bey. It’s great hearing different interpretations of the same song.

]]> by: Charles http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-51955 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:01:21 -0500 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-51955 I adore this melody. It has become my favorite. Imagine my joy and delight to discover 14 different versions on BOL. Although I initially heard this haunting melody from a Marissa Tomei film, "The Perez Family," I had not made the connection to Andy Bey's interpretation, which I purchased a few years after seeing the movie, until hearing it hear. How weird is that. And I consider myself such a music buff. Not paying attention here. Humbling isn't it? I love all the featured versions and particularly think that Barretto's is a creative wonder. It would be nice to get 14 on one disc. Any suggestions? I adore this melody. It has become my favorite. Imagine my joy and delight to discover 14 different versions on BOL. Although I initially heard this haunting melody from a Marissa Tomei film, “The Perez Family,” I had not made the connection to Andy Bey’s interpretation, which I purchased a few years after seeing the movie, until hearing it hear. How weird is that. And I consider myself such a music buff. Not paying attention here. Humbling isn’t it? I love all the featured versions and particularly think that Barretto’s is a creative wonder. It would be nice to get 14 on one disc. Any suggestions?

]]> by: Lydia Garcia http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-75128 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:39:44 -0500 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-75128 <p>Everything is perfect except that the author of Drume Negrita was not Eliseo Grenet but his brother Ernesto Grenet. I am sure of this, because they were both my great uncles.</p><p><b><font color="#ffffff"><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; kalamu sez&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font></b> </p><p>thank you very much for the correction. it has been changed in the article and your helpful comment has also been noted.</p><p><br /> &nbsp; </p> Everything is perfect except that the author of Drume Negrita was not Eliseo Grenet but his brother Ernesto Grenet. I am sure of this, because they were both my great uncles.

          kalamu sez          

thank you very much for the correction. it has been changed in the article and your helpful comment has also been noted.

 

]]> by: Jim McGehee http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-108275 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:48:19 -0600 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-108275 Thanks so much for putting this site together. I am a guitar student working on the "Dos Temas Populares" of Leo Brouwer, the major Cuban composer. 'Cancion de Cuna" is of course the "Drume Negrita", but harmonized in a somewhat different way. Mtume's comment is spot on-- I played it for several years, even in a concert, without really getting the feel of it. Your website convinced me to download a LOT of versions and listen more carefully--really this simple melody is the soul of Cuban music to me. The other theme in Brouwer's work is "Ojos Brujos" which is not nearly as popular, but a good example of the older, pre-war style of Criollo. And Omara Portuondo is my favorite version of all. She is a living legend. Thanks so much for putting this site together. I am a guitar student working on the “Dos Temas Populares” of Leo Brouwer, the major Cuban composer. ‘Cancion de Cuna” is of course the “Drume Negrita”, but harmonized in a somewhat different way. Mtume’s comment is spot on– I played it for several years, even in a concert, without really getting the feel of it. Your website convinced me to download a LOT of versions and listen more carefully–really this simple melody is the soul of Cuban music to me. The other theme in Brouwer’s work is “Ojos Brujos” which is not nearly as popular, but a good example of the older, pre-war style of Criollo.

And Omara Portuondo is my favorite version of all. She is a living legend.

]]> by: Yash http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-150593 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:59:06 -0500 http://www.kalamu.com/bol/2008/01/21/andy-bey-%e2%80%9cdrume-negrita%e2%80%9d/#comment-150593 Hello! I found this blog when I looked for the song Drume Negrita because of a version I have -- the only one I've heard -- by Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban. It's a very slow Afro-Cuban groove with great percussion. Instrumental with jazz guitars taking the melody. Album: Mambo Sinuendo. Enjoy! Hello! I found this blog when I looked for the song Drume Negrita because of a version I have — the only one I’ve heard — by Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban. It’s a very slow Afro-Cuban groove with great percussion. Instrumental with jazz guitars taking the melody. Album: Mambo Sinuendo. Enjoy!

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