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 […]
Author: Todd Bishop
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 […]
Cascara coordination — 01
OK, I am seriously in need of a break from working on the book— finishing the damn thing is always the hardest. So here’s a page of exercises for developing coordination with the cascara, a […]
Groove o’ the day: “They called him Craw.”
This new grooves book is almost done, believe it or not— the 20% discount on the transcriptions book should be good for just a couple of more days. The last new thing I put in […]
Good God almighty
Putting together a book is a lot of work, so here’s a little palate-cleanser, for me as much as anything. Believe it or not, I’ve been hitting the thing for 5-10 hours a day all […]
Blog sale: 20% off transcriptions book
Who knows for how long— days, not weeks. 12/10/12 update: The new book is now, at long last, available to order. You can still get the transcriptions book at a 10% discount. I’m feverishly working […]
Problem Child fills
I listened to Problem Child by AC/DC a lot when I was in the 8th grade, and just happened to put it on for the first time in a few years, and realized how much […]
Groove o’ the day: Airto — Stanley’s Tune
Here’s a baião-based funk groove from Airto: That is, Airto’s feet are doing baião, everything else about the tune is just early 70’s funk jamitude. The accents on the floor tom are pretty subtle; he […]
2012 tour repertoire
Rehearsal, severely jetlagged, at Jazz Station, Brussels More tour documentation here— this may not be real interesting to everyone. These are the tunes I had in my book on the 2012 outing, along with some […]