One of my favorite congaplayers is Mongo Santamaria. His way of playing, his timing, his creativity always inspires me.
I got a request to analyse his rhythms and variations in the famous song: Sofrito. In the background he constantly creates new variations on the tumbao.
In this tutorial I explain some of his ideas. I hope you like it and next week I will post the Percussion Play Along video for the variations. Enjoy it!
