Episode 47. Marc Cecil (Percussion) - 'Só Danço Samba'

About this episode

Marc Cecil discusses the intricacies of Latin percussion and shares his musical journey.

From the first minute of Geoff’s chat with drummer, percussionist, and educator Marc Cecil, we get into the craft behind Latin percussion and the small details that make a groove feel like Brazil rather than a generic “Latin” approximation. Mark traces his musical origin story from seeing Paul McCartney in a small UK theatre as a kid to practising obsessively at school, then landing at Middlesex on a jazz and world music course. A broken bass drum pedal turns into a wild detour: he meets Gary...

People in this episode

Host: Geoff

Guest: Marc Cecil

Topics covered

• Latin percussion
• music education
• groove
• musical origin story
• jazz
• world music

Keywords

• Latin percussion
• Marc Cecil
• jazz
• world music
• groove
• music education
• Paul McCartney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Middlesex, Gary

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