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Percussion instruments.(International Percussion Biennale)(Brief Article)

The Economist (US) | July 3, 1999 | Copyright

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CONAKRY

DRUM solos are like car chases, a film critic once noted, nothing can happen until they're over. Not so at the recent (first) International Percussion Biennale in Conakry, Guinea, where drummers from around the world gloried in the moment when their solos were the main event, not musical filler.

The international artists performed alone and with local groups. Elvin Jones, a jazz percussionist, compared playing with Percussions de Guin(acute)ee, a nine-man ensemble, to performing with a percussive orchestra. The emphasis on…

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