h/t to Ed Pierce and Carlton Jackson
Author: Todd Bishop
Survival chops: triplets in 5/4
Part of the idea of this “survival” series is to be very right hand (or leading hand, if you play lefty) oriented; we want to start every measure with the right hand— it just suits […]
DBMITW: Headhunters
Here’s something special for the new year: Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters— the Thrust lineup, with Mike Clark— playing live in Europe in 1974: There’s another one which has embedding disabled, so you’ll have to click through to […]
Five awkward conversations with Paul Motian
Here’s something that’s a lot of fun, from Vinnie Sperrazza, a great drummer from New York. I met him recently, when he, and my partner Casey Scott, were performing in Family Album, a new play […]
Holiday special on books and Skype lessons!
Scroll down for new posts— I’ll be keeping this pinned to the top of the blog this month. UPDATE: This is the LAST DAY OF THE SALE, so get these while they’re a little bit […]
Groove o’ the day: Al Jackson, Jr. — Crosscut Saw
Here’s a sort of a blues rhumba groove by Al Jackson, Jr.. The song is Crosscut Saw, from Albert King’s classic album, Born Under A Bad Sign. Play the housetop accents as rim shots. Use […]
Page o’ coordination: basic — 02
Here’s another basic Page o’ coordination, with left hand variations over a very common funk rhythm in the hihat and bass drum: Play each exercise 2-4 times, and proceed to the next one without […]
George Colligan sees Whiplash
Jazz educators respond to the makers of Whiplash, who are represented by the hapless trombonist. UPDATE: Oh, here’s another one, from Jazz Is the Worst, a blog that is attracting a lot of attention in […]
An Internet thing I like
OK, this is actually useful: I like this new YouTube thing of isolating drum tracks from famous pop/rock recordings. Recording can be a horrible exercise in self-scrutiny, and is often a question of how much […]
New CSD! e-book: Bossa Nova / Samba Field Manual
UPDATE: Thanks for the review, Kenneth! Time to unveil one of the things I’ve been doing instead of delivering the promised Book of Intros, which is languishing maybe 3-5 hours of work away from completion, stupidly… […]