Afro-Cuban Rhythms for the Drum Set -Part 1-Introduction and Equipment

Here is the Introduction to a video series on modern Latin drumming
These videos will draw from my book Advanced Coordination for Drum Set and Hand Percussion. In this Part 1 I demonstrate the equipment I will be using in this series.
The equipment I am using consists of:
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
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
Cowbells are J.C.R and L.P
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

Latin Fusion is a combination of many Latin Styles (most notably Afro-Cuban and Brazilian) mixed with Funk and Jazz drumming.
Some examples of drummers who have contributed to the modern Latin Fusion drumming style include:
Alex Acuna
Airto
Cliff Almond
Robby Ameen
Julio Barreto
Steve Berrios
Ignacio Berroa
Vince Cherico
Vinnie Colaiuta
Adam Cruz
Duduka Da Fonseca
Steve Gadd
David Garibaldi
Horacio Hernandez
Portinho
Dafnis Prieto
Edu Riberio
DOM UM ROMÃO
Antonio Sanchez
Carlos Vega
Mark Walker
Dave Weckl