Rumba: Afro-Cuban Conga Drum Improviation Book/2 CD Set
by Clifford Brooks

Book Description
This method book simultaneously incorporates the various senses in teaching different improvisation patterns. This approach helps ingrain the learning process at a deeper psychological level. Each expression can be played with the bass drum downbeats provided on the companion CD. This helpful

The Essence of Brazilian Percussion and Drum Set
by Ed Uribe

Warner Brothers Publications
A study of the language of Brazilian rhythms and songstyles. Part I deals exclusively with Brazilian percussion instruments, with a description of each instrument and its rhythms, songstyles, techniques and applications. Part II addresses the drum set. Each rhythm is presented separately with background information, musical examples and exercises.

Hip Grooves for Hand Drums: How to Play Funk, Rock & World-Beat Patterns on Any Drum
by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby, Jay Kendell

Book Description
Here are instructions for beginning hand drum players who want to play rhythms with contemporary music. You don't need a drumset to lay down a groove. All you need is one drum -- a djembe, a conga, or anything else you can get both your hands on. Whether your goal is to play in a band, jam in the park, or just drum along with your favorite CDs, this book will show you how, step by step. No other book systematically teaches these kinds of patterns as well as the basic techniques of hand drumming....

The Bongo Book
by Trevor Salloum

Have Fun Playing Hand Drums: A Book and Cd for Playing the Djembe, Conga, and Bongo Drums
by Ben James, Wim Van Loon

African Rhythms and Independence for Drumset
by Mokhtar Samba

Will Kennedy
"Mokhtar has opened my mind to rhythms I have never imagined before."

Vinnie Colauita
"Wow. The rhythms just LEAP off the page. Mokhtar's illustrations of African Rhythms are wonderfully insightful, enriching, and masterfully done."

Drum Circle Spirit : Facilitating Human Potential through Rhythm
by Arthur Hull

Secrets of the Hand: Soloing Strategies for Hand Drummers
by Alan Dworsky, Betsy Sansby,

Book Description
For advanced hand drummers who want to solo, the "secrets" in this book are the principles of how to get the most out of your hands with the least effort. These principles-- understood instinctively by the best players--are here made explicit and explained for the first time. They lead to "strategies" for soloing, specific things drummers can do to maximize their consistency, speed and freedom when improvising. The strategies are illustrated and applied in hundreds of sample patterns that are a fountain of ideas!