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Led Zeppelin got a samba groove going midway through ‘Fool in the Rain’ Drummer John Bonham performs with Led Zeppelin, circa 1977. | Michael Putland/Getty Images ...
Samba Brasil has presented its breezy, swinging variations on a basic samba groove at festivals, schools and nightclubs throughout New England, including the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz, A ...
Batalá Washington introduces the sounds and roles that each drum plays in the bateria, and puts together a basic samba reggae groove. Part of a series of educational videos created for the Smithsonian ...
Not only are small children around the country performing Matsuken Samba 2 at their kindergartens, but countless yearend office parties also got into the samba groove, and even a group of high ...
Miamibloco is a percussion ensemble that mixes traditional samba and elements from various musical traditions in South Florida.
Adelaide-based Brazilian national and ‘Australasian Samba Queen’ Talita Fontainha learned to dance samba in Australia, but now she is in Brazil preparing to debut on the world’s most famous ...
GR: Which is? JM: I call it my Quaalude-samba-folky-jazz groove. GR: I wonder if there’s a category for that at Barnes and Nobles? JM: Do we have a shot?
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt, who will be looking to create Olympic history at Rio, put on his dancing shoes along with Samba dancers during a press conference in Rio. The 6-time gold medal ...
Samba Squad has been working on new material with a tight team of players and singers. Sarita Leyva will lead an Afro-Cuban dance class at 9:30 accompanied by three bata drummers (Seis Manos Bata).