Cali Rivera: Cowbell Maker
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2015
- In The Bronx, there's a man who builds instruments for the world's great Latin percussionists: Tito Puente, Eddie Montalvo, Giovanni Hidalgo, Bobby Sanabria. He has no signs, no storefront, no advertising of any kind. But people call him from around the world for work: After all, there's nothing quite like one of his handmade cowbells.
Calixto "Cali" Rivera's father was an instrument maker, and he picked up the tradition. He once made congas, bongos and other drums, but these days he specializes in cowbells of all sorts. He makes them with machines he designed himself, with only his wife for support.
Jazz Night In America visited him at his JCR Percussion workshop to find out how he makes strong metal into strong bells.--PATRICK JARENWATTANANON
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years ago SNL made fun of cowbells in one of their comedy sketches and it was freaking funny but to us, JCR cowbells are the ultimate, Americans just don't understand how important these instruments are to a passionate latin musician.....enough said, l missed these cowbells......
A great man, may his soul rest in peace.
Cali Revera custom made a Stand for Tabla (an Indian classical percussion instrument triditionally played sitting on the floor) at my request.
Cali was intrigued and amazed when I first introduced him to Tabla, he helped design a tool for musicians of Indian musical tradition to be able to fuse with jazz musician on stage, and many of them are in use today...
Rest in Peace brother...
Arsala tabla stand, i own one and still use it when needed, great workmanship...
El Sr. CALI RIVERA, exelente fabricante de intrumentos de percusion y exelente persona tambien, yo tuve el gusto y el honor de haber ido varias veces a su taller-fabrica alla en el Bronx (cerca al Yankee Stadium) para comprar algo dependiendo la ocasion, y era una persona q' siempre tenia algun buen tema de conversacion y no era aburrido, mas bien entretenido q' lamentablemente algunas veces habia q' cortarle la conversacion porq' escucharlo lo entretenido q' era, uno perdia la nocion del tiempo... Q' descanse en paz al buen amigo y maestro CALI RIVERA.
948 Ogden av.,....ahi siempre eras bien recibido, Cali Rivera...tengo 3 bongos JCR y uno de ellos es custom made, tengo alrededor de 15 campanas JCR entre chacha bells, cowbell y de timbal, sonido unico....son un recuerdo muy valioso que guardo con mucho cariño. Rip el gran Cali...super great guy ,always happy....
I have 3 bongo cowbells from JCR. I got the first one in 1971-72 when he had a tiny shop in a basement in the Bronx. He was a nice guy.
Tremendo caballero era Cali Rivera, de las muchas veces que iba me encontré con muchas personalidades famosas en ese pequeño lugar, Andy García, Milton Cardóna, los músicos de la Orquesta de la luz del Japón y otros, me dolió no haber comprado los timbales que estaban en la entrada del negocio, siempre me decía llévatelo que hoy te tengo un buen precio,, jajaja siempre tenía muchas Historias y te entretenía, descansa en PAZ amigo........😢
Cali chhhhhhhRivera
Naa this was actually a sick short video. Appreciate these videos that highlight this side of the industry and the personality that goes into it.
filled w latin pride
Where can I find one of these cowbells??
JCR closed shop due to Cali's declining health. There are still some bells out "in the wild" (Sam Ash, Guitar Center, and some other big box retailers).
There is a guy named Pete Lugo, worked at JCR under Cali for over 50 years. He was Cali’s right hand man and is carrying on the legacy. By far, I recommend his bells. Look him up on Facebook under his name. You will be happy. He is a great humble guy and makes an EXCELLENT product!
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He presses metal, so what?