In the early seventy’s you could not buy a conga in our city Eindhoven. You had to go to a specialized shop in Amsterdam. Ofcourse there was no video or DVD. All Broer had were records (Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Malo etc.) But he heard that sound of the conga drum and those rhythms, and deeply fell in love with it.
He had to discover everything on his own though !
A truly unique musical pioneer. We are so grateful that in march 1977, he came to our house in the Juliusstraat 67 in Eindhoven to share his passion with us, and teach us as much as we could take in. He definitely planted the seeds of what almost 40 years later is now Percussieschool Bracumba. Thank you so much, Broer Bogaart ! You profoundly changed my life.