It Is An End Of An Era
Master of the Conga
Francisco Aguabella (October 10, 1925 – May 7, 2010
Afro Blues missing a beat
Conga was taken away
And then
Baba came
Took our skins and callings
Yet we made a new
And then
Baba came
After two wars and dread
We wanted song and dance
And then
Baba came
Jazz, Rock and Roll even
Crooners with a Master Conga
And then
Baba left.
(C) nana kwame
“Aguabella is the John Coltrane of the Conga Drums
Dizzy Gillespie
“Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella,” made by Les Blank, who called him “a virtual Rosetta stone of African culture.”
Lenzy “Kwaku Ofori” Payton has passed. Born September 14, 1949 in Columbia Mississppi. He became a pan-African Warrior and Father, and also served as Executive Director of Central Brooklyn Housing Council. He passed May 9, 2010.
And two other Greats – Lena Horne and:
Hank Jones, whose self-effacing nature belied his stature as one of the most respected jazz pianists of the postwar era, died on Sunday in the Bronx. He was 91. NY Times
When an Elder dies, a library burns! African Proverb
