Thanks.

I would like to gratefully acknowledge the following people who have shared their musical cultures with me and influenced my development as a musician. I have been blessed and enriched for knowing each and every one of them (this list is in no particular order):

• Eclilson DeJesus
• Celso Machado , for both teaching and having the patience while I have been learning to play like a “Brazilian”.
• Sandra Moran
• Tito Medina ,
• Sarah Galvez, and Victor Pardo, for teaching and sharing the music and life altering experiences we shared in Guatemala.
• Alpha Yaya Diallo
• Yamoussa Camara, and Aboubacar Camara , for teaching me about Guinean and West African music, and for introducing me to a whole new world of wicked drumset players and grooves.
• Jose Sanchez
• Jack Duncan
• Fito Garcia, Marlin Ramazzini, and Rolo Preza, for teaching and coaching me in the vast world of Afro-Cuban music.
• Dal Hothi

Elliot on the Dojo

World Rhythms for Drumset