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Freddy Poncin - Percussion and Drums |
Born in Amsterdam Freddy's talent was recognized at a young age and he started learning congas at the age of 12. Freddy was honoured to study with Raoul Burnet who was regarded as the best conga player and teacher in Western Europe. Raoul was a master percussionist (one of the first musicians endorsed by LP - Latin Percussion in the Netherlands) and an expert in Afro Cuban rhythms. Raoul Burnet played with music legends such as Patato Valdez, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Wilson Picket, Art Blakey and many more.
After Raoul’s sudden death, Freddy started to play kit drums as well to reggae music, ska music and funk. In the 80’s he joined the band Revelation Time that quickly grew into the best afro reggae band in the Netherlands and one of the finest in Europe . Revelation Time had a top 40 hit in Europe with a song called South Africa . Freddy played drums and percussion with this band for over 12 years and toured Germany, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Malta and Italy.
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Mamady Keita in Australia 2008! |
 I have made arrangements for Djembe Grand Master Mamady Keita to come to Australia from September 23 to October 11! Mamady will visit Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Byron Bay, Gold Coast and Brisbane. It has been a dream of mine to get Mamady over here!!! It's going to happen!
Contact the following people to register your interest.
Perth
Freddy Poncin (Mamady's agent for Australia) - 0415 888 426 -
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Melbourne (2 contacts)
Simon Lewis - 0425 753 553 -
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Simon Fraser - 0416 053 619 -
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Canberra
Kate Gascoyne - 0414 236 323 -
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Sydney
Mohamed Bangoura - 0411 570 436 -
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Brisbane, Gold Coast and Byron Bay
Elliot Orr - 0407 372 554 -
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Decarga and Dance - WA Tour |
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Just started to tour through Western Australia with Latin Jazz group "Descarga" and Latin dance group "Kuerazo. Here is a description of what we do!
"Take a musical voyage through South America and Cuba with high-energy Latin-jazz collective Descarga and Dance when they arrive in your town. A veritable feast for the eyes, ears and soul, Descarga and Dance combines two intrinsic elements of Latin culture to produce a sultry and sublime stage show. The performance pairs Latin-jazz collective Descarga with one of Western Australia's hottest contemporary Latin dance companies, the Kuerazo Latin Dancers.
 Descarga, whose name means ‘jam session' in Cuban, is a 7-piece instrumental band consisting of some of Perth's finest and most experienced jazz and Latin musicians. The band consists of musical director and trumpet player Matthew Jodrell, Jeremy Greig on trombone, Des White on bass, Carl Mackey on saxophone, Freddy Poncin on congas (a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum), Chris Tarr on drums and Konra Paszkudzki on piano. Descarga are joined on stage by three members of the Kuerazo Latin Dancers. The vibrant and energetic group will thrill and excite as they rumba, mambo, samba and salsa their way through the two-hour show.
Public workshops with the Kuerazo Latin Dancers and Descarga are being presented in most towns in conjunction with the tour. Dance workshop participants can then try out their new moves at the performance, where audience participation is welcome!" For more information about workshops in your area contact Country Arts WA on freecall 1800 811 883.
Or download flyer here! Concert Dates: - Saturday 21 June 2008 Merredin
- Tuesday 24 June 2008 Denmark
- Friday 27 June 2008 Harvey
- Saturday 28 June 2008 Margaret River
- Tuesday 1 July 2008 Dalwallinu
- Friday 4 July 2008 Kondinin
- Saturday 5 July 2008 Dumbleyung
- Tuesday 8 July 2008 Geraldton
- Thursday 10 July 2008 Mullewa
- Sunday 13 July 2008 Shark Bay
- Tuesday 15 July 2008 Carnarvon
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COMING GIGS WITH GRACE BARBE
3 May 2008 8:00 P Private Function in Perth, WA
7 May 2008 8:00 P Private Function in Nedlands, WA
10 May 2008 8:00 P Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle, WA
7 Jun 2008 8:00 P Clancy’s Fish Pub, Fremantle, WA |
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Drumbeat - The art of hitting things |
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At the moment I am touring through WA with Sydney based Kit drummer Mark Stewart.
Mark Stewart has been a drummer with Marcia Hines and the Australian Idol band.
He is the founder of "Drumbeat" with it's "Art of hitting things" program.
In this program Mark and I are touring schools showing the students percussion and drums.
We have been to Esperance, Albany, Augusta, Busselton, Bunbury and now we are touring
around Perth for the last 3 weeks. It has been great! |
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