 Trevor Salloum studied music with Cuban master drummers Changuito,
Enrique Pla, Roberto Vizcaiño, José Eladio Amat and the
groups Cutumba and Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. He made
several trips to Cuba and studied at the prestigious Escuela Nacional
de Arte in Havana in addition to music schools in Santiago
and Guantanamo.
He is a best selling author with Mel Bay Publications including Fun
with Bongos/CD , The Bongo Book/CD, Bongo Drumming:Beyond the Basics/CD,
Afro-Latin Polyrhythms/CD and Afro-Cuban Rhythms Vol. 1 & 2. His
most recent publication The Art of Bongo Drumming DVD features LP great
Armando Peraza (Santana, Charlie Parker,George Shearing).
He has performed with Armando Peraza, Pat LaBarbera, Alex Acuña,
Jane Bunette, Dee Daniels and many of Canada’s top jazz musicians.
In addition, Trevor has accomplished these feats while practising
general medicine for the last 20 years. He has recently retired as
a doctor to pursue music full time and is currently very active in
teaching privately, at schools, universities and percussion clinics.
For more information on Trevor, please visit his website. |
