“Eugene is probably the closest thing we have to a front person due to the fact that he plays most of the melodies on the steel pan,” Stephenson noted, adding, “The music is VERY democratic, so every single member of the band takes solos, improvises, and will be the focus of the music at various times throughout the repertoire (which is common in Cuban music).” (Michael, now 30-something, joined that band when he was 15.) Recently retired, Howie worked with the Doctor, Eugene Novotney, teaching at HSU, where Eugene leads the Humboldt Calypso Band.
Most of Timbata was in Kachimbo, including Stephenson, who was 16 when he joined.Įugene Novotney, David Peñalosa & Howie Kaufman – photo by Bob Doran ( Read it HERE.) Central was the Afro-Cuban band Kachimbo, formed in 1994 by David Peñalosa. In 2001, I wrote an extended piece for a local paper titled, ”The Cuban Connection,” a snapshot of the Humboldt scene at that time. (And I don’t mean that store in the mall.) Between the end of the embargo and the death of Fidel, the island has been in the news a lot. Timbata plays Cuban music, but not exclusively. from the Playhouses notes, “Every band member is a drummer.” The sextet is a collection of local rhythm masters with David Peñalosa, Howie Kaufman, Eugene Novotney and Jonathan Kipp on various percussion instruments, Nick Moore on bass and Stephenson on guitar and keyboards. In short, Timbata is all about the rhythm. “The percussion instrument is used primarily for religious or semi-religious purposes for the native culture from the land of Yoruba, located in Nigeria, as well as by worshippers of Santería in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and in the United States,” (again per Wikipedia). Batá is a type of drum, a double-headed thing shaped like an hourglass.
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