Sola Akingbola & His Critical Mass: 8th Annual Program – World Fusion Song IMA Nominee
Contact: Sola Akingbola5 The Terrace, Codrington Hill
London, England SE23 1LP, UK
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This is where I confess that I started playing percussion by accident but then again what is an accident? It was by design that percussion found me perhaps. My first touch was a pair of small clay bongo type drums that a friend bought back for me from Morocco and I messed about with those until they were accidentally broken.
After that the same friend bought me a set of brand new fiberglass LP congas Potato model as a challenge to take up percussion seriously rather than talk percussion incessantly. Some serious years of wood-shedding with George Duke on the Boogie Box (album Brazilian Love Affair a must for any serious drummer/percussionist) and some chance meetings at Ronnie Scott’s with Alex Acuna and Irakere from Cuba lay the foundations for the beginning of a lifetime obsession/struggle.