Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is an important cradle of Afro-Brazilian culture, and home to musical styles that form the bedrock of much of today's popular sounds. In this book, author Kirk Brundage takes a look at the exciting rhythms of modern Carnaval, providing a history, background information on the groups, and practical information on playing the rhythms. "Afro-Brazilian Percussion Guide contains a huge amount of information and would be of great value to high school and university instructors interested in starting Brazilian Percussion ensembles." -Modern Drummer