Drum Camp 08 - Dance & Darabuka - Carmen Jones & Chas Whitaker

Project 120 #10Middle Eastern Dance & Percussion Carmen Jones - Dance Chas Whitaker -DarabukaCarmen was generous with her time and talents to offer to dance for Drum Camp 08 - Project 120. I asked her to stand in front of the nearest thing I could see that was like a blue screen so I could re-use this footage. She sweetly obliged and even didn't mind the 'frame markers' aka shoes around her. Thanks Carmen!I was in the café and spotted the fantastic Arabic percussion teacher Chas Whitaker and joined the queue to talk to him...I asked if he was willing to contribute something to camera for the Drum Camp 08 Project 120. He was really warm to the idea and asked if it was OK if other people joined him.20 minutes later, in a completely empty Dance Tent, I was thrilled to discover that Chas was joined by flautist Maren and the wonderful Arabic dancer Carmen Jones - they'd dressed for the part too!The requirements were that at least one track, ideally should be at 120. All the pieces they played were - Chas' superb playing to the metronome click, to me, is incredibly impressive. I was really moved by their performances. There are more videos of them performing at Glastonbury and the Big Chill and some on BBC iPlayer if you care to check them out. I get another chance to see them at WOMAD 08 too!This is an improvised dance and drum creation (still at 120 bpm!)Thanks to all who contributedHope you enjoyGary http://www.musicworldwide.org http://www.arabicdrum.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/mazajba... http://raqsarabia.co.uk/ http://www.drummer.co.uk

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Uploaded: July 17, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Author: drummercouk

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