1. Echu 0:36
  2. Elegua 0:31
  3. Elegua (presentation of the Iyawo) 0:33
  4. Ogun (presentation of the Iyawo) 0:45
  5. Ochosi 0:39
  6. Inle 0:12
  7. Babaluaye 0:25
  8. Korinkoto 0:22
  9. Orishaoko 0:18
  10. Dada 0:13
  11. Agayu 0:47
  12. Obatala 0:37
  13. Yewa 0:22
  14. Obba 0:31
  15. Oya 0:44
  16. Yemaya 0:42
  17. Oshun 0:47
  18. Orula 0:36
  19. Chango (Anya) 0:42
  20. Chango (Bembe) 0:39
  21. Close 0:07

Reviews & Testimonials

One of the most invigorating illustrations of Orisha music to come out of Matanzas since Lydia Cabrera’s and Josefina Tarafa’s 1950s recordings released by the Smithsonian Institute….Willie Ramos

This amazing recording is performed by powerful musicians and recorded beautifully….If you haven’t experienced this music in person in Matanzas, you have to hear this CD to believe it.Mark Corrales

Beautifully recorded and wonderfully sung by Alfredo Calvo Cano and Alberto Puñales Cabrera, this may be the best recorded document of Bembe as it is performed in Matanzas. Rare material. Highly recommended.Bruce Polin

Excellent, beautiful music by true experts wielding magnificent talents, worthwhile to appreciate, enjoy, and replay frequently enough to listen with the same joy again and again!ears2hear

I love this album.… It is wonderful, beautiful, mysterious and perfect. Highly recommended, A+ all the way!Andrew P. Wheeler

I love Bata drumming, and this is a great recording! You can hear all the drums clearly, the rhythms are happening, and Alfredo Calvo has a powerful voice.TMC

Release Details

Artists

Alfredo Calvo, feat. Alberto Puñales

Format

CD, 67 Minutes

Also available as Digital Download.

Description

The Bata y Bembe de Matanzas audio recording includes a full cycle of Lucumi Santeria praise songs to the Orishas, played on the sacred bata drums and sung by the late Alfredo Calvo.

The recording is structured around the Matanzas-style presentation of a newly initiated priest (iyawo) of Chango to the sacred drums (Aña) and the community. In the Egwado branch of the Santeria religion as practiced in Matanzas, such a presentation includes praise songs to all the Orisha.

The recording also presents, for the first time, the sacred Lucumi Bembe Macagua, a unique set of drums heard only in Matanzas. Alfredo began adding the bembe drums at the end of tambors played at his ile (religious home) in order to increase the energy of the

Track Listing

DISC 1

  1. Echu
  2. Elegua
  3. Elegua (presentation of the Iyawo)
  4. Ogun (presentation of the Iyawo)
  5. Ochosi
  6. Inle
  7. Babaluaye
  8. Korinkoto
  9. Orishaoko
  10. Dada
  11. Agayu
  12. Obatala
  13. Yewa
  14. Obba
  15. Oya
  16. Yemaya
  17. Oshun
  18. Orula
  19. Chango (Aña)
  20. Chango (Bembe)
  21. Close

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Bata y Bembe de Matanzas Audio Recording

Artist : Alfredo Calvo
Genre : Afro-Cuban Folkloric

The Bata y Bembe de Matanzas audio recording includes a full cycle of Lucumi Santeria praise songs to the Orishas, played on the sacred bata drums and sung by the late Alfredo Calvo. The recording is structured around the Matanzas-style presentation of a newly initiated priest (iyawo) of Chango to the sacred drums (Aña) and the community.

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