Julian Gerstin
percussion / ethnomusicology
SONG SAMPLES
bell prelude
A short composition in the style of Ewe (Ghana) gamamala bell
polyrhythms
takahassanu
(excerpt)
Jazz with Joel Harrison
takahassanu
(full song)
bodies
in motion(excerpt)
Latin/World Beat with Syncro System
bodies
in motion (full song)
money
wahala (excerpt)
Afrobeat with Kotoja
money
wahala (full song)
i
ain't got long (excerpt)
My arrangement of a Bahamanian "rhyming spiritual" originally composed
by Peter Elliot, done as a Martinican kalenda
para
mi ochún (excerpt)
Afrocuban rumbaóa composition for my wife Carlene (from Vermont,
which explains the silly English lyrics). Lead singer: Felipe Pasmanick
para
mi ochún (full song)
talk
to me (excerpt)
Live recording of a composition for myself (congas) and Ken Dalluge,
drumset
cycle
of leaves (excerpt)
Live recording of a composition for the Western Kentucky University
Percussion Ensemble. The timpani solo is through-composed; the solo
conga (me) is not
handclaps
and feet
Part of a longer composition. "The best rhythm is skin on skin"óMongo
Santamaria
Find out more about the above ensembles, and other groups I've played with:
SYNCRO
SYSTEM
JOEL HARRISON
JUDITH
JUSTIZ AFROCUBAN ENSEMBLE
BATUCADA NANA
CK
LADZEKPO AFRICAN MUSIC
ALOKLI AFRICAN MUSIC
MICHAEL SMOLLENS
& KRIYA