All About JCR Cowbells

Here is a video about the JCR cowbells I use. These bells were created in the Bronx, NYC for many years by Cali Rivera. He passed away in 2017 so the bells are no longer made. You can find them from time to time on the used market but they are becoming ridiculously expensive. There are lots of alternatives with bells made by LP, Pearl/Afro, Meinl and other companies and I show you some of those as well. In my opinion the JCR cowbells are the best bells that I have played because of several factors including purity of pitch, solid feel, volume, ring, quality build and variety of sounds available.
I hope this video answers the many questions I get about these bells. For a more extensive look at several types of cowbells including the JCR bells that I use check out this video:    • All About Cowbells  
You can also see the bells in action by watching many of my Afro Cuban Videos from my book. Just do a search on my you tube channel for "Afro Cuban".

The equipment I am using for the intro solo includes several JCR bells:
The other equipment is as follows:
Porkpie Drums
20"x 16" Bass Drum
Toms: 8"x 8", 10"x 8", 14"x 12"
Canopus Zelkova 14"x5" Snare Drum
Porkpie 10"x 5" Snare Drum ( to my left)
Cymbals are Sabian 20" Jack DeJohnette Signature Ride with rivets
Paiste Traditional 16" and 17" crashes and a 10" traditional splash
Sabian HH 13" Regular Hi-Hats
Sabian 12" AA Mini Hats
Wuhan 20" thin Lion Cymbal
Heads on toms are Remo Pinstripes
Bass drum is an Aquarian Power stroke 1 head.
Snare is a Remo Skyntone head
Microphones are a AKG C24 stereo overhead and an AKG D112 on the Bass drum