I guess the theme this week is TRANSCRIPTIONS and BUY RECORDS, because this post also does not have a YouTube link. But you can get the album on iTunes, probably from some other online sources. […]
Author: Todd Bishop
Reed interpretation: fast within slow — alternative sticking
Here’s another set of stickings for that last “fast within slow” Reed interpretation. The major thing we’ll be using is the sixtuplet form of the six stroke roll— or the “Swiss” sixtuplet, as I sometimes […]
Transcription: Paul Motian — Trinkle Tinkle
Oh, look, another transcription with no YouTube video— no worries, though, because as a serious listener, you already own this record. This is Paul Motian’s playing during Bill Frisell’s guitar solo on the tune Trinkle […]
What’s going on: my recording of Ornette Coleman’s Mothers of the Veil
While I was traveling recently, I got a note from a reader who had very kindly purchased my CD Little Played Little Bird, the music of Ornette Coleman, asking for some analysis and explanation of […]
VOQOTD: rhythm machine
“Your part isn’t the only thing that’s happening in the music; you’re part of a rhythm machine in which there are gears interconnecting with each other. Learn how to be supportive and when to stay […]
Reed interpretation: fast within slow
Our philosophy around here is to never stray too far from Reed without good reason— I have to relearn that every few years. So here’s a thing for beginning to develop the Jack Dejohnette-style “fast within […]
Transcription: Jeff Watts — Makin’ Whoopee
Another Jeff Watts transcription, from Branford Marsalis’s album Trio Jeepy. The audio is not available on our usual YouTube; but, you, know, that’s OK. Music isn’t actually supposed to be free. So get thee to […]
Very occasional quote of the day: ideas
JOHNS: I was doing […] sculptures of small objects—flashlights and light bulbs. Then I heard a story about Willem de Kooning. He was annoyed with my dealer, Leo Castelli, for some reason, and said something […]
LA session wrap-up
That’s me, Geoff Keezer, Kirk Ross, and Larry Steen. Last week’s LA recording session was interesting, fun, and unusual. The artist was my old friend, band mate, room mate, and compatriot, the songwriter Kirk Ross. […]
“Skiplet”?
In some ways I feel I’m watching (and contributing to) the death of the familiar jazz ride cymbal pattern as a musical thing, for a lot of reasons, but partly as the result of a […]