I’m working on putting last year’s transcriptions into book form today- which, thanks to the miracle of online publishing, should be available for you to purchase shortly. So you’ll just have to enjoy these two recordings of Steve Gadd playing with Chick Corea. For many, many drummers these are two career-altering, life-changing tracks:
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