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  • great

  • bravo!! more more!!

  • He's a bad cat!

    

  • Whether it`s Samuel Torres or Giovanni Hidalgo is`nt Important! It`s like comparing Salt to Garlic - I see them both bring Sabor to the table.

    Fine job!, S.E.A.

  • Simply The Best!!!

  • paul de lorenxo shits all over this guy! greeting from Cali Colombia!

  • desgraciao!!

  • Sin palabras!!!! simplemente sensacional!!!

  • percussão é a VIDA

  • complete spiritual enjoyment hearing Samuel Torres.

    Fantastic!!!

  • Samuel tu estas tocado por los dioses de los tambores y de la musica en general,Como Colombiano y amante de la musica me siento orgulloso de saber que tu existes. Nunca pares de aprender y escucha de todo, eso te dara mas riqueza. Pa' lante siempre!

  • wow, blown away by this, yes great meodies, harmonies. not just licks. didnt know there was so much to percussion. fantastic playing!

  • Thank you,I honestly can't believe how good this is. As soon as it was done I pushed play again!

  • hasn't he got anything better to do

  • Muy bien por la tecnica de manos,ahora hay que encontrar la esencia.

    te calentaste y nos dejaste con ganas de escuchar un ritmo. empieza con una cuchara,esto te va a ayudar a escuchar.

  • @gibanicu ¿Qué dice, hombre? ¿No le gustó? No entendí lo de la cuchara.

  • YOU CANNOT SAY THAT HIDALGO IS BETTER THAN TORRES BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE REASON THAT THEY ARE 2 COMPLETE DIFERENT MUSICIANS FROM 2 DIFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD WITH 2 DIFERENT CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS.

  • 333,333 views

  • Samuel, you have true skill

  • i don't like it to be honest.

  • Buena buena te echaste man...felicitaciones...

  • Sux!!!!!!!!"

  • Awesome...

  • This guy should be in the tortillas business, bet you he will make a 4000 tortillas a minuto!

    Excellent play!!!!

  • @13triki , YEP! and would be more fun to watch

  • Such wonderful playing...love how it's so musical/orchestral. Sadly, the techical players with all the flash get all the accolades. It's the same with trap-set players...all the flasshy ones get noticed...For my taste, I'll take this type of playing anyday of the techno/flash heads

  • love the feel of this piece truly inspiring love to see someone thinking out of the box and giving a new dimension to this beautiful instrument.chords,melody and rhythm with great dynamics who could ask for more? can you do another piece?

  • aha 2:30 :-)

  • Muy bueno, felicitaciones!!!!

  • is it just me or does this guy look like he has extremely tiny hands??

  • beautiful

  • oh COME ON!

    We could ALL do that if we had seven drums tuned to Em!!!

    Wonderful demonstration and fabulous technique. Can I order a DVD slowed down by 10%. Montvale, NJ???? Hey, I can take lessons!! Love to come and hear (and watch) you play live sometime.

  • beautiful

  • I DID enjoy it.

  • upaa cuanta plata hay en todas esas congas loco, y yo aqui juntando pesos para un solo par,, bueno dios proveera

  • uupa cuanta plata hay en esas todas esas congas loco

  • Esta cabron !!! pero esto si esta cabron y no se la tiene q mamar a nadie como dice un comentario de Abajo exelente Trabajo !!!!@@@ suena super

  • si esto se le llama tocar entonces que es tocar es locuraaa

  • This is probably my favourite video on YouTube.

  • porqué no les gusta el video a esas 26 personas?¿ si directamente no les gusta el estilo musical que ni miren... a mí me pareció muy bueno

  • Las congas tienen una afinacion deliciosa.... suena espectacular... muy buena ejecucion!

  • this is amazing!

  • from the time period of 4:00-4:30 was any body else like IS THAT CONGA GOING TO FALL!!!!!!!!! ( the one at the far right)

  • @BIGBOYSCONGAS101 I was thinking that!

  • Giovanni and Torres are baby trolls, compare to the Legend Changuito, Pozzo, Santamaria,Armando Peraza,etccccc Cuba is Cuba the one and only!!!!!!

  • @RomancesyBoleros Good music, musicians, performers live and play wonderful music all over the globe. Cuba is only one spot.

  • @inguzin Is only one spot, ajjajajaja what does everybody sings and play outside of Cuba what music? Lp was founded,because of the embargo against Cuba,etc!!!!! so in the states they have good instruments...

  • WHO EVER IT IS COMPLAININ BOUT THIS CONGA PLAYER, CANNOT BE A PLAYER . MR TORRES CAN PLAY A TUNE HE MAKES DEM TALK.

  • Thrilling!!!!

  • Pardon my Neanderthal verbiage here, brother, but you are fucking sensational!!!!

    Please give us MORE!!!!

  • A pianist on congas....Bravo!!!

  • MUYYYYYYY BIENNNNNNN >>>>>>> FELICIDADEZ!!!!!!!! Y PENDEJOS HIDALGO TIENE TODA UNA VIDA EN LA PERCUCION..... PROBABLEMENTE ASTA MAS DE LA EDAD QUE TIENE ESTE CONGERO....... Y LES GUSTE HO NO ESTE TORRES, ES BUENO PARA LA CONGA. FELICIDADEZZZZZ HERMANO

  • @mslolalalona1 tu y samuel torres se lo tienen que mamar a giovanni hidalgo tocando congas, mirate el solo de giovanni con seis congas y las sonaba todas a la misma vez.....este pendejo tenia 7 y no se porque carajo, pues tocaba dos o tres a la vez.

  • @frsantiago2009 .  Poor comment, just let music flow, isn't this the sacred purpose of sound? Thumbs down to the bestiality of human beings.

  • @inguzin i`m sorry.......but the truth is the truth........or you want me to lie ?

  • @frsantiago2009

    Ah Giovanni is great, different styles that's it. No comparisons are necessary here, Giovanni and Torres come from different backgrounds. Can't you see it?

  • MUYYYYYYY BIENNNNNNN >>>>>>> FELICIDADEZ

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  • Yes!!!!!!! Bring on the 8th drum!!!!!!

  • very enjoyable different perfomance,controlled and not frantic ,

    10 out of 10

  • you motherfuckers better get something better to do than to be comparing hidalgo with this one or hidalgo with that one. let them play and go learn your congas and dont be annoying.

  • maestro nada que decir

  • essa cara é rato das congas é o melhor

  • 1:29 my hair stands up!

  • asombroso percusionista

  • how you do that?

  • No me canso de decirlo, Señores esta presentación es única, única, casi ningun percusionista desarrolla un tema como lo hace Samuel, algunos seran mas rapidos, otros tendran mas pegada, otros seran mas precisos, pero SAMUEL TORRES es completo, es un MUSICO, no solo un percusionista, este señor toca un tema el solo, Armoniza, Melodiza y Solea, es algo muy pero muy poco frecuente encontrar a un músico así.

  • nice tuned n nice playing

  • well presented..

  • this is way harder than playing the drums....

  • @meineteilsushi : they are drums. Duh!

  • Oh My God!!

  • samuel torres orgullo colombiano

  • @nikytimbal NO JODA EN SERIO?...pensé que era cubano cuando lo vi tocando.... VIVI MI TIERRA...VIVA COLOMBIA

  • BORING! JAJA KIDDING! GREAT!!

  • Great playing Samuel - well done...

  • I thought this man was blind at first

  • wow amazing!

  • wow......great...tremendo....

  • great.

    

  • Amazing!

  • Great playing. A favorite for sure.

  • MAGIKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOO

  • Do you really need seven congas! 

  • @beatsinmehead do you need 88 keys in a piano???? do you need 8 notes in a melodic scale?? do you need 3 octaves in a saxophone?? do you need 100 musicians in a symphony orchestra?? do you need 6 strings in a guitar??? do you need 15 horns in a big band??? YES you can do music with one piece of wood, but why not expand your melodic and harmonic range?? isn't that what musicians have done for hundreds of years.. why not congas??? please tell me why

  • 567

  • pfffff you roooooooooooock

  • hi we were wandering if you could play for balmaquwen school

  • Very good solo man.. Muy bueno Samuel !!.. Now.. down there is somebody sayin' best he ever seen ?.. Do you kidding me dawg ?.. Have you seen extraterrestrial Giovanni Hodalgo ?.. I invite you to. Check at you tube : 'Giovanni Hidalgo solo. at home kissimee'. It does not matter on how many congas, it is how you throw your hands in. After you get to see that, we can talk.. Get ready some analgesics for your eyes after it.

  • @hotjazzjoe1 I would give you that Hidalgo is more percussively skilled than Torres, but Torres is definitely more musically gifted and expressive. The Kissimee video of Hidalgo is an amazing impressive conga solo, but Torres' 7 conga video is a song, in the vein of an orchestral piece.

  • @jfries289 You don't know what you're saying. The Congas aren't for making songs they carry and stablish the beat or the "tumbao" that's why their original name is TUMBADORAS. Sorry but Giovanni Hidalgo is the most musically gifted and expresive of all latin percussionists; he makes drop your jaw all the time, Samuel Torres plays nice but I can't see his heart no where in his interpretation.

  • @hardpeep An instrument is 'for' whatever it is used for. A conga is a piece of wood & leather that makes a sound when you hit it. One man uses it to carry and establish the beat of a song. Another man uses it (and six like it) to create a song itself. A guitar is used in many ways, is it not? You have the man who picks, the man plays rhythm, the man who plays fill, and all sorts of styles and uses. As I said, Hidalgo is an amazing percussionist, and Torres is an amazing musician.

  • Also, you can't see his heart? Brother, I would say that is your fault and not his. All I see is heart when he plays.

  • Matter of opinion. Personally I find G.H far more expressive and musical.

  • woo hoo that was fun! Great use of 7 congas and well thought out solo.

  • MASTER, PLISS YOU NEVER DIE...

    ATTE. RAUL03590 (YOUTUBE)

  • Nose que decil,,,,Graciassss.

  • At 1:19 , How hel did you do that!!!!!!!! =O

  • genial!

  • arrasoui...

    bravo!!

  • Very nicely done.

  • El maestro. Mis respetos.

  • This is absolutely the best I've ever heard! Enjoyed listening.

  • YAAAAA E MINOR E MINOR! sorry that was from spongebob

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  • This together with David "la Mole" Ortiz must be the best conga playing I have heard! Amazing work with the harmonics!!!

  • I have to agree but there are different approaches to every player. Samuel brings an eclectic feel. Hidalgo one of the pioneers mimic that of David are more traditional. Playing was never a factor for the audience that was non percussive, but familiar with playing percussion or to follow the traditions of African, Afro Cuban or Latin rhythm styles of playing. That is just my opinion other may and will disagree.

  • is the majority of this 7/8 not sure i can tell. this was effing beautiful!

  • De Colombia para el mundo....

  • Este man es increible y verlo en vivo es mas alucinante aun. Exitos para Samuel.

  • por que tanta salameria con ese tipo??

  • @caraehuevo1 verdad ?!?!

  • that was gay? congas are expensive. listen to the GODSMACK Percussion Duet

  • @DEADMANSJOURNAL godsmack lack flavor playing congas

    see giovany hidalgo solo at home in kissimmee

  • wow! nice....i want congas lol

  • Si señor !!!!!!!!!!! muy bueno mis felicitaciones.

    Saludos

  • Samuel Torres, absolutamente es un virtuoso en la percusion.

  • Wow...  beautiful Samuel!

  • Sam, t'as tourné avec Richard Bona l'année passée, non?

    Mira que suerte !!!

  • that was the most beautiful solo i ever heard

  • greatest on the GLOBE period

  • Honestly we are just picking away at what is really a key factor here.

    He is an incredible conga player.

    Just to keep track of all seven and I repeat seven differently tuned drums are and manage so also bring not just hard playing but soft and a smooth tonal sound in my opinion is INCREDIBLE!!

    Samuel Torress you are a great player.

    I don't care what you are tuned to.

    You've got great hands.

  • it's ok

  • fuuuk1n great!!!!!!!!!

  • Senior Torres, Patato loves you.

  • Agree

  • beautifuly tuned!! wow!!ggreat

  • Bravo

  • @mahpareh si tu le dices bravo a este mediocre.....me imagino que cuando veas a giovanni hidalgo diras.......BRAVISSIMO !

  • Damn!!!! Incredible

  • EXTRATERRESTRE!!!

  • increible !!

  • No habia visto nunca una persona tocando con 7 congas al mismo tiempo, esto fue excelente

  • Fantastico!!!

  • lol his left hand goes crazy

  • yeah dudes - music to my ears.

  • This guy also composed, arranged and led the band of LP's " Drum Solos Revisited", hosted by Mr. Ralph Irizarry. Samuel's MySpace has a preview of his new Project " Yaounde", check it out .

  • Awesome, at the beginning I thought what's he doing with so many congas?! But wow then I saw it. You're talented!

  • Buuueenaa :D re pro el samuel ;)

  • amazing !

  • man that was really really awesome. my brother spent 14 years in colombia (cali and bogata) and also spent some time in cuba and took lessons from some of the worlds best players. he has moved back to australia now and is untouchable over here but your performance made him look average.

  • I'd hate to be a fly in that Sams house

  • Man, that quinto shakes dangerously!

  • I didnt know you could tune a conga to an exact pitch

  • now you know! =)

  • !!! :)

  • Muy bien; Tremenda velocidad en esas manos.

  • oh now i understand it ..he tuned em to the SCALE of E minor ..!! i thought he tuned em all the same

  • Top man.

  • wow... your speed and technique is inhuman =)

  • Shane, youre speed and technique is inhuman. =) xD <33

  • What an inspiration! Thanks for posting this, and thank you youtube!

  • 3:20 Amazing

  • That was amazing...

  • te falta sentimiento hermano

  • gracias lo tendre en cuenta..

  • la verda que si

  • From one percussionist to another....He is simply the Best

  • Very Cool! Great Feeling!

  • he is great

  • you were hitting some nice tones you got a lot of music out of those congas. It was like listening to a song

  • yo vivo en Australia y ando en las mismas,tocando y practicando,de lleno con la musica,pero yo soy baterista.

    Tremendo solo brother,expresivo,colorful y de una atmosfera encantadora.BUENA POR ESA COLOMBIANO TALENTOSO.MUCHA SUERTE !

  • ke sabrpsura ombe colombia!!!!!!!

  • Wow!! Amazing! Unique!...We Want more..Encore!

  • ur a douche

  • You are a damn retarded! That shit is your head

  • and diversity =)

  • passion,knowledge,experience,b­rilliance=Samuel Torres

  • mir fällt dazu nur ein Wort ein: SUPER,SUPER und nochmals SUPER

  • Very very Good =D

    I want to play like you, How Long do you play?

  • orgullo colombiano!!!!!! el mejor>!!! un abrazo papa... grandes ligas de la percusion!!!

  • saludos desde medellin colombia hombre, ps nada, impresionante me quede sin palabras parcero

  • Ahhhhh! My hero!

    Truly creative and beautiful!

  • GREAT CONGA TUNING and performance of course

  • Dios te bendiga. The best

  • he looks constapaited

  • man, what a stupid comment - you can't even spell it properly.

    When you've learned to play, come back and post a video of yourself. If we cant see the love we'll make some dumbass comment on it.