Jam Session
Café Rumba
Sunday March 21, 2010
FREE - 3:30-6pm
The Afro-Cuban folkloric drums, dances, and songs of rumba. Rumba is the word used for a group of related, community-oriented, musical and dance styles in Cuba. Rumba developed in rural Cuba, with strong influences from African drumming and Spanish poetry and singing. There are three basic types of rumba in Cuba: yambu is a slower, simpler style; the guaguanco, a moderate to fast style where the rhythm can be more complex; and the columbia, the fastest style danced by solo males who perform to demonstrate their strength, agility, and sense of humor.
