Way back in 1962, maybe 1963, I took myself to the Palladium Ballroom in the Times Square district on Broadway above 42 Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City. You know the place thanks to Dick Clark on Rockin' New Years Eve. The Palladium was a huge dance floor where Tito Puente 's Band played for the dancers. Why was I there? To see and hear how Puente's bongo player played mambo. I could not make it out on recordings due to muffled recording and poor playback equipment. What I left with was the bongo player hit a lot of cracks on the small drum (macho) enabling the rhythm section to become even more syncopated with irregular accents on 2 and 4 all done with blazing speed. I don't know if Johnny Rodriguez was playing for Puente on the afternoons I visited, but listening to the man crack the macho in this video, I think it could have been. Thanks man for the memories.

Este video se puede ver mil veces y cada vez es como la primera. ¡Excelente! No me canso de verlo uan y otra vez.

I learned so much from this video. Dandy has been a huge influence on my bongo playing and style.

Dandy has been the best bongocero in the scene for the last 40 yrs. Puro sabor, afinque y mazacote. I must have listened to his solo on "Te Traigo Mi Son" with Barretto over 500 times. The man wrote the book on the instrument! Dario

Giant Rodriguez Dandy! My all time favorite Bongo Player. None like him and never will be. googo

I've enjoyed your drums and instruments for 50+ year's. You have always been a statesman for Latin music. You had tutorials from the legends. Patato Mangual Tito Puente. Dandy and Jimmy two more of the creme de la creme. Thank you.Martin Cohen. Stay blessed.

Nice job Johnny, Jimmy and Martin. Clear, concise and a great deal of swing!!!

magnificent 'marching in space'...thank you for that Mr. Dandy!

Este trabajo de Dandy es una fuente de repiqueteos, tocados de manera muy organica y fluida, sin hacer alarde de velocidad. Al mismo corazon del instrumento. Gracias Dandy, espero tener el placer de verte tocar algun dia.

wonderful seeing you play...traces of your father but no one can touch you..excellent... Ida Puente

Si. Johnny was with Ray Barretto for many years and them left with Vilato to found La Tipica '73. One of the all time greats! Jimmy is also one of the maestros of percussion.

Dandy tiene un concepto y estilo clásico único, martillo y repique limpio, tremendo afinque

Dandy is so tasteful in his playing he knows how to let the music breathe this is what separates him from other bongoceros. There may be faster but few as tasteful.

@edyrodriguez3419

3 жыл бұрын

Cannot agree more with you.

@wildsambutch

Жыл бұрын

@@edyrodriguez3419 jj

Dandy muestra aquí lo básico, intermedio, avanzado y esencial para tocar con swing (Cadencia) este interesante instrumento conocido como Bongó. En sólo 7 minutos nos ha ofrecido un tesoro audiovisual rara vez presentado. Aquí se aprecian los (cantos) adornos clásicos y auténticos. Toda la verdad para tocar el Bongó. Gracias Dandy, Martin y Jimmy!

Amazing playing and restraint, Johnny one of my favorite bongoceros!

@Berkcam

8 жыл бұрын

+Dan Bassman yeah, one of mine too... understated but superb.

Dandy is my inspiration for learning bongo. The first time I really noticed the bongo was listening to him.

This is it....all you need right here. Amazing!

Excellent, beautiful groove, very instructive, great conga accompaniment. Bravo.

Mr Martin it would be very nice, if could have this guys again in the studio , so that you can have a better video version of this outstanding clinic! thank u, happy belated birthday.

ooh I love this. Johnny makes it look so easy and smooth. You're the best man !!

Thank for this video. A master at work!

A great instructional video for many a new comer and student alike. Great riffs and slaps creating a real smooth rhythm good enough to dance to. This is great to practice along with. One of the best to learn from. Thanks Much!!!!

LuisMandragora Mejor no se podría definir.... Gracias al Dandy, su acompañante, y a todos los que hicieron posible subir este video a KZread... un saludo desde mi Bogotá querida...

Superb groove& sound & playing really together . 🏆

Great inspirational video,,,,,one day soon i'll be there!!!

Take note new school bongo players! Decades of Tasty Repiques (Riffs) and plenty of recordings to learn from. Thank you JDR for the inspiration... Tomas Martin Lopez

en mi humilde opinion el mejor concepto del bongo, exelente tecnica, interpretacion, sentido del acompañamiento musical, ritmo y gran corazon. mi maestro del bongo junto a Many oquendo.. que maestros, gracias a Dios por poner a estos grandes musicos en nuestro camino de aprendizaje.. grande Dandy.

@salsatotal9053

5 жыл бұрын

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I like this technical How to Play and hitting with Hammer on the bongoes Jhon is really a master congratulations 👏 Bro and salutations for Jimmy too he is very very good 👍 with timbals and now to playing conga it's so right 👍

maestroooooooooo ...........me saco el sombreroooooooooo

Dandy was one of a kind. Thanks for posting!

@Matosjay

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Barry.. waS

Mis respetos Sr. Bongocero!!!! Saludos desde la Argentina....

You guys are the best !

Dig it...dig it...dig it!

...masters at work...

Just so clean and smooth. Mesmerizing really. The way he manipulates the rhythm has me listening over and over. Thank you for this. Dandy, you are a legend.

Para mí el mejor del mundo

Magistral ejecucion del bongo. Sin duda un maestro.

Master class!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Con todo mi respeto. Pero este es el mejor video de Bongos de KZread. Cosa seria.

@pr-ji1ni

4 жыл бұрын

12 años después, sigue siendo el mejor video de bongo en KZread.

Vi en Caracas al Dandy desde la primera vez que vino Tito Puente a Caracas, hasta la última vez que vino.

I spent a lot of my time studying this video lol I would love to see him put out a some videos breaking some of this down. Amazing.... The style Dandy got it something else boyy

cool! respect mr. martin cohen & musos!

The king & make no doubt about it bro "they say seeing is believing" this will change ur style of playing it did me "the king the LEGEND"🎼🎵🎵🎶

A master!!!

great musicians! i would enjoy this video in higher quality, is it possible? thx a lot!

Tremendo bongoncero es Dandy y muy didáctico, pues al estar ausentes las palabras, es su singular forma de tocar su instrumento la que habla por él. Felicitaciones y gracias por su enseñanza.

Buen manejo el martillo en Jhonny Rodríguez, mostrando que en la ejecución no siempre él más veloz es el mejor.

@salsatotal9053

5 жыл бұрын

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very nice work, the sound is diff are those fiberglass bongos?

Vaya! El tambor the alegria-the drum of happiness

I would Love this video on HQ

al q hay que belar es al jimmy que ta' trankiliito alla tra!!!! jejejejeeee!!! Grax guys!!!!!! for the time....

Que hermosos patrones aplica este señor ,de dichos patrones se desprenden los demás rudimentos en aparariencia mas complejos que vemos hoy en dia. Las cosas se admiran y aprecian desde la optica correcta. Grande dandy rodriguez!

Excelente.... un maestro con todo el conociento... gracias Dandy !!!!

Awsome

@mecagondiosylavirgen amigo tiene razon tu comentario y elogios para el maestro Dandy, pero yo conozco personalmente a Carrillo y es tremendo bongocero, solo que el cuenta con su propio estilo, hay que admirar su rapidez, pero cuando el graba un tema o esta acompanando a el cantante sus matices son buenisimos,es uno de los grandes, tocaba para Palmieri y muchos mas, saludos.

Great hands at work

muy chevere clarito ,definido y CLAVE...gracias maestro ..creo que el toca ..,muchas veces con tito puente....ese es un bongocero si señores..muy,muy definido...quien este interesado en este bello instrumento hay tiene taller pa rato...claro esta que el dominio de la clave es muy esencial...ojo ahi ...un peruano de nombre augusto villanueva...me enseño asi con estas indicaciones ..QUE VIVA EL BONGO

Awesome skills

Asi es que se toca mis hermanos.

Love the style and the focus on the rythm. Thats the beauty of the bongo player, you need to be creative.

Que increíble forma de tocar en un patrón pero con tantas variaciones sobre el patrón, ahí hay un año de estudio

@pepecarucho El video lo montaron en el 2006 (!), en ese entonces esta era la resolución mas alta que se podía subír. Un saludo.

Excelente Rodriguez y Delgado.

el mejor video para aprender a tocar bongo

Maestro!!

🙌🙌♥️🙌🙌 Dandy ❤️

Sin palablas dandy soy un dios!!!!

hey martin do u think dandy could make part 2 with advance riffs, thank you saludos Hoover.

Grandeeeeeeeee

Hermoso :)

Suena perfecta...El rey

Maestricimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

los microfonos son shure sm57??

Cool🤩

Este es Johnny Rodriguez el bongocero que acompañó a Vilató en la Tipica 73?...

y como se llama el que toca la conga? el man es el rey de la conga.

Why does this vid have unlikes? I guess some just dnt understand.

@terrymiller111

4 жыл бұрын

This guy is like the Jimi Hendrix of the bongos, and people are hating.

Asi se toca el bongo vaya!!

arcaperdida el no lidereaba tipica 73 junto a Barreto, siemplemente porque barreto nunca estubo en la tipica 73. el Dandy se fue de la orquesta de Barreto junto con Adalberto y Oreste Vilato y formaron la tipica 73.

The biggest difficulty of playing an instrument is getting a good soud out of it. JDR sounds like a colourful flower. Great !

no kbe dudad honor a quien honor merece

@cubiche8 amigo cubiche gracias por esa informacion, escuche ese tema y tienes toda la razon , que belleza que calidad estilo , lenguaje, as escuchado el tema monteadentro por la orquesta Broadway? tremendo solo de bongo, conosco cantidad de temas con este afinque, escribame en mi canal me encanta hablar y compartir ideas ,sobre el Bongo.

PURO SWING!

I love you see you in finas house!!!!!!!!!

Castiga...castiga, maestro...

yeah, what was that about? Cohen definitely not a jerk.

Brilliant playing. Beautiful. Pity the the last third of the vid is out of synch.

The audio and video are not in sync. The percussion ensemble is awesome

Is this 3-2 Clave?

Hi

El mocho Dandy

"Stalin" plays on bongo at left.. XD

EN LOS SETENTA TE PERMITÍAN ESO .. PERO AHORA NO QUIEREN

Wikipedia brought me here. :P

Dandy is wonderful. I just wish it was a better quality video. Also the sound is out of sync.

Omg Stalin!!

nunca se sabe donde se empieza, algunos empiezan en la hembra y otros en el macho es la duda de siempre?

@luisrosado6677

4 жыл бұрын

Depende de la clave,si es 2-3 o 3-2.

@Alfredo-vh6un

3 жыл бұрын

@@luisrosado6677 Esa es la respuesta !!

@tizenhatkarakter LOL

Can u say rip up the bongos!!!

¿ "jugadores de bongó" ?