Play Cajon Now: The Basics And Beyond (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781518722615)

Richie Gajate-Garcia, world reknown Puerto Rican percussionist was born in New York and raised on the island of Puerto Rico. He grew up with legendary musicians such as Tito Puente and Armando Peraza as close family friends and mentors. Richie graduated with his degree from the Conservatory of Music in Chicago and immediately began touring with Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. Richie is one of the most sought after percussionists on scene. He has taught at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and the Los Angeles Music Academy in Pasadena, California. He is one of the top clinicians worldwide for Latin Percussion, DW Drums and Sabian Cymbals. Richie has performed, recorded and toured the world as drummer or percussionist for several major international artists, including Phil Collins, Sting, Diana Ross, Hiroshima, Patti Labelle and Celia Cruz among others. He is responsible for designing the Gajate bracket by Latin Percussion whichis widely utilized by both drummers and Other instructional books with and kver the bottom 3 book images do top line play alond with cds by richie gajate-garcia: percussionists everywhere. He was voted #1 Hand Percussionist by his peers in the Modern Drummer Reader's poll and #1 Rock Percussionists in Drum! magazine. Over the years, he has earned various awards in every percussion category. Roland Gajate-Garcia, his son and prodigy is also now making his mark on the world of percussion.