Learn Djembe Hand Drumming: No Drum...No Problem

Katrina and Live Being U Yoga and Sound would like to introduce our teacher, Jebada Powell. He is the founder and director of Joy of Djembe Drumming which he formed in 2013. He started drumming on his kitchen table at the age of 10 along with the newly released record album of Drums of Passion by Babatunde Olatunji which his mom had brought home. He grew up in the cities of New York, including Spanish Harlem where drumming occurred daily on every street corner. He learned to play congas, timbales, and djembe from the neighborhood old timers which influenced his primary focus throughout the years on Latin, Afro-Cuban and West African rhythms. Jebada played in the Brooklyn College Latin band from 1969-1973. On weekends Jebada regularly drummed in New York's famed Central Park drum circle and in Brooklyn's Prospect Park drum circle. He studied under Houston's Master Drummer Abubakr Kouyate from 2006-2008 and attended the Wula Drum Retreat Intensive in 2014 and 2018. After moving to Houston, Jebada has worked professionally as a djembe drumming instructor, drum circle facilitator and leader of Joy of Djembe Drumming Ensemble. He participates in several of the annual events and festivals in the Greater Houston Area such as Houston Thanksgiving Parade, Chevron Marathon, Houston International Festival, the Jones Hall "Day of Music" festival, and the Houston Art Crawl. He facilitated the Texas Big Beat drum-circle and the 2011 Unity Church Oneness Blessing celebration drum-circle. He currently hosts and facilitates the Imani Vida Community drum circle monthly, and the Galveston Seawall Summer Full Moon drum circles and the League City Solstice/Equinox drum-circles. Jebada also travels around giving presentations and performances at schools, museums, libraries, and senior citizens centers. copy paste link to register: [hidden] More Info below.