George Duke’s Brazilian Love Affair, again. Ao Que Vai Nascer, by Milton Nascimento. I’m glad someone put this onto YouTube, and you will be, too, in a moment:
Year: 2012
Transcription: Roy Haynes — Played Twice
I’m always listening to great drummers, but Roy Haynes just sweeps in and blows everyone away here. I love the way he plays this head. This is Thelonious Monk’s Played Twice, from The Straight Horn […]
A sticking experiment
I don’t know where I’m going with this idea, but what the hell, if a blog isn’t the place to throw up whatever half-baked junk you happen to be fiddling with at the moment… Here […]
Transcription: Milton Banana — O Samba Da Minha Terra
Another Milton Banana transcription, this time the batucada-style intro to O Samba Da Minha Terra, from the same Sambas De Bossa album as last time. We’ll probably be seeing more of these, because I really […]
DBMITW: trove o’ Burton
I’ve been listening to a lot of Gary Burton lately— like the past five months or so— but haven’t been sharing much because there’s a shortage of his recorded stuff on YouTube, except for this […]
Several ideas in 5/4
Nothing particularly ground-breaking here, but this came up today while I was working on Mevlevia, an ECM-type tune in a moderate 5. I’ve taken some basic patterns in 5/8, and applied them to a usable […]
New CSD! book: 100 Grooves
OK, here it is, just in time for Christmas— our new book, 100 Grooves – vol. 1, is now available for purchase. It contains over 100 transcribed drum grooves by people like Elvin Jones, Ed […]
Brian Blade transcription
Drummer/blogger Sam Nadel of London has given us a nice, heavy transcription of Brian Blade’s solo on Jazz Crimes, along with a whole lot of other good stuff. Give a listen to the audio after […]
Dave Brubeck 1920-2012
On the occasion of pianist Dave Brubeck’s passing at age 91, it might be nice to set aside the time to watch his appearance on Jazz Casual with Ralph J. Gleason: Here’s a notice from […]