Horacio hernandez drum setup

Horacio 'El Negro' Hernandez is a renowned drummer and percussionist from Cuba. He first gained international recognition as sticksman for pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and his group Proyecto and has gone on to lend beats to several Grammy-winning albums.

"My kit is like a kid's playground," smiles Hernandez after a well-received clinic.

"It really has a huge range, from very high sounds to very low, especially with all of the percussion instruments in there too."

"Musical stories"

My goal is to make music on the drumset, not just to play beats, and having all the bells, a smaller snare drum and so on helps me to do that.

I want to build musical stories when I play solo, and this kit is like playing a piano."

More cowbell

Far from being an add-on afterthought, Horacio's signature Pearl cowbells are an int