Another practice loop, sampled from the tune Partido Alto, from the Azymuth album Light As A Feather. Ivan Conti is on drums. As I mentioned before, Partido Alto is the name of a Brazilian rhythm, […]
Author: Todd Bishop
Transcription: Famoudou Don Moye — Funky Aeco
I was going to take care of some other business today, but then I saw that it’s Famoudou Don Moye’s birthday, and wanted to pay tribute by giving one of my favorite things of his […]
Happy birthday, Archie Shepp
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 […]
Very occasional quote of the day: Kurt Cobain
“Learn how to not play your instrument.” —Cobain diary entry, from the HBO documentary “Montage Of Heck” (h/t to Mark Wooley)
Groove o’ the day: Jabo Starks — The Payback
I don’t know karate, but I know karazy. Here’s Jabo Starks playing James Brown’s classic, The Payback, which, if you don’t already have the record, you may know from Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels, […]
Daily best music in the world: Andrew Cyrille with Grachan Moncur III
Just a nice track from a record I’ve never heard, by Moncur, a famous trombonist, with Andrew Cyrille on the drums:
Transcription: Tony Williams — Lopsy Lu
2021 UPDATE: See my new listening guide for this track. Here’s the third of four big-deal transcriptions I have lined up for the fund raiser. I was going to save this for next week, but […]
Daily best music in the world: Connie Kay swings
We don’t get to hear much of Connie Kay— usually he’s buried in the back of the Modern Jazz Quartet, playing very conservatively. Here, with French(?) guitarist Andre Conduant, we get to hear him forward […]
Page o’ coordination: anticipations — 03
[NOTE: PDF link is working now! -t] So, today is going to be jazz comping day, in our little fund raiser. If you haven’t made a cash contribution yet, please do. Help give me some […]
Random Billy
For fun I’ve pulled at random some four measure comping phrases from recordings featuring Billy Higgins on drums. Sort of at random: I’ve grabbed the first thing I heard on the track that stands out […]