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 […]
Category: Bill Frisell
Very occasional quote(s) of the day: over and over again
This is the one I had… “When we were young, we had our seven jazz albums next to our bed and played them over and over again.” — John Scofield “When I was young, I’d […]
DBMITW: Joey Baron on Night Music
For those of you too young to remember, there was a live music show on US television at the end of the 80’s,called Night Music. Hosted by saxophonist David Sanborn, it was some of the […]
Other people write things
OK, clearly this light patch is going to continue for a bit, so let’s see what my blogging compatriots are up to: Let’s lead with pianist George Colligan, who has a few words on practicing: […]
Groove o’ the day: Paul Motian’s tango
I like this feature, and I’m going to try to do a lot more of these this year. Here’s a hip modified tango played by Paul Motian on the tune When We Go, from Rambler […]
Transcription: Joey Baron – Child at Heart
This is one of my favorite pieces of Joey Baron’s playing, from Bill Frisell’s Where In The World, playing some of the more prodigious snare drum backbeats in jazz. The “hip”, backwards, rhythmically-displaced part during […]
Transcription: Three Intros
Another fast little project- drum intros from three of my favorite players, tracks, and albums: Paul Motian on Resistor, from Bill Frisell’s Rambler, Roy Haynes on H & H, from Pat Metheny’s Question And Answer, […]
Favorite albums: Where In The World by Bill Frisell
Where In The World by Bill Frisell 1991 – Nonesuch B000002H9S Bill Frisell – guitar Hank Roberts – cello Kermit Driscoll – bass Joey Baron – drums I and a lot of other drummers of my […]
Joey Baron master class, part 1 : Paying Your Rent Is High Art
This is part one of a transcript of a master class Joey Baron gave at the New School in 1994. I originally found this in ’98 on the rec.music.bluenote news group, and was just able […]