Jon McCaslin @ Four On The Floor has posted some obscure (I’ve never seen them,anyway) Ed Blackwell videos— that’s all you should need to know to get over there and checkum out.
Related Posts
Groove o’ the Day: Ed Blackwell – T & T
- Todd Bishop
- July 2, 2012
- 3
Here’s another Ed Blackwell groove, from the intro to Ornette Coleman’s T & T, off the album Ornette: For clarity, here is the same groove written as separate rhythms, without the bass drum: We’ll be […]
Happy birthday, Archie Shepp
- Todd Bishop
- May 24, 2015
- 0
While I regroup and get stuff together for next week, let’s celebrate saxophonist, poet, and composer Archie Shepp’s 78th birthday with Attica Blues. Play this loud: And The Magic of Juju, with Ed Blackwell playing […]
Transcription: Ed Blackwell — Guinea
- Todd Bishop
- July 1, 2014
- 0
OK, this one is definitely a labor of love— that took way too long to finish and proof. But I’ve been living with this piece for a good twenty years, and performing it for much […]