VIC FIRTH ARTIST
JIMMY BRANLY

Born in Havana, Cuba in 1972, Jimmy Branly began playing drums at the age of 13. Branly has performed with nearly every major group in Cuba in virtually every musical genre from straight-ahead jazz to fusion to hardcore dance music.

Among his credits (in Cuba and the U.S.) are piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chucho Valdez, Emiliano Salvador, Carlitos del Puerto, N.G la Banda, Issac Delgado, Cuarto Espacio, Ernan Lopez Nussa quartet, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, Strunz and Farah, Celia Cruz, Tito Nieves, Franky Negron, Sheila E, Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, Otmaro Ruiz, Abraham Laboriel, Benn Clatworthy, Riahnnon, The Carlos Cuevas Trio, Alberto Salas, Thania Sanz, Rebeca Maulon, Francisco Aguabella, Poncho Sanchez, Luis Conte, Justo Almario, Brandon Fields, Mike Turre, Alex Acuña, Gregg Bissonette, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Cuba LA , Susie Hansen, Alan Pasqua, Brian Lynch quartert, Andy Narell, Andy Garcia, David Carpenter, Brian Bromberg, Emil Richards, Judith Owen, Pat Senatore, The LA Latin-Jazz all Stars Big Band, Alondra Branly, Jimmy Johnson, Carol Welsman, Hector Crisantes, Sandro Albert's Quintet, Kellye Gray, Luis Conte, Michito Sanchez, and many others.

The New Method for
AFRO-CUBAN DRUMMING

From our friends at Hudson Music, the New Method for Afro-Cuban Drumming features Jimmy’s unique approach to playing contemporary Latin rhythms on the drumset. The material represents a fusion of his experiences growing up in Cuba and shows how he applied this knowledge when he got to the United States and began performing. Everything in this book has practical applications to many styles of music. Jimmy covers:

• Getting the right sound
• Bongo bell patterns and the drumset
• Bass drum variations
• Hi-hat variations

Patterns include: clave, cáscara, bombo, guaguancó, cha cha cha, and Afro-Cuban 6/8. Jimmy also includes a section on soloing ideas

The 65-minute audio CD contains 97 tracks that demonstrate all of the patterns contained in the book and played at a tempo that is easy to follow. There are also play-along tracks with a band so you can apply the examples in a musical setting and begin to develop a real feel for playing this music.