Joe McCarthy and the music of Afro Bop Alliance
Afro Bop Alliance Contemporary Afro-Cuban Big Band Chart Reading and Style Analysis
Drumset Clinic
Thursday, 3:00 p.m.

Grammy Award winning drummer, producer and bandleader Joe McCarthy has lead a diverse career which has taken him from Big Band, to Afro Cuban, Bebop and beyond. Joe is the leader of Afro Bop Alliance, winner of the 2008 Latin Grammy for Latin Jazz Album of the Year. Afro Bop has just released their latest recording, UNA MÁS.  Joe is the leader/drummer of the United States Naval Academy Band's Jazz Ensemble, The Next Wave and Principal Percussionist of the Wind Ensemble. Active in education, Joe is an Adjunct Professor of Music at Georgetown University and George Mason University. Joe’s Afro-Cuban Big Band Play-Along Book/CD and DVD are published by Alfred Music. Joe proudly endorses Zildjian, Yamaha, Remo, Lp and Innovative Percussion.

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