This swings in that avant driving your 1970 Buick Elektra off a cliff at 90 mph kind of way. It’s from a record I used to listen to a lot, but which has been languishing […]
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DBMITW: Tootie Heath
OK, there’s always time to do one of these. Here’s Tootie Heath playing with Dexter Gordon: Tootie was living in LA when I was in school down there- my combo leader Dwight Dickerson was in […]
DBMITW: Lonely Woman
Maybe I shouldn’t be posting this so close to the release of my own CD with this tune, but it’s too good let go. Would you have the nerve to do what Paul Motian does […]
DBMITW: Mingus
I am one lazy blogger- but what am I going to write that’s 2% as good watching Eric Dolphy during Johnny Coles’ solo? If that isn’t enough for you for today, go read Andrew Hare’s […]
DBMITW: Elvin Jones
I was going to include this as an example in the jazz percussion post, but it really needs its own entry: It feels wrong- totally point-missing- to bring it up, I couldn’t help noting the […]
DBMITW: Billy Cobham
Here’s a live version of another fusion classic: Billy Cobham’s “Anteres” – The Star, from a record I stole from my brother a long time ago, Alivemutherforya: That’s a rare use of the Tama Octobans […]
DBMITW: Lenny White
Speaking of technically-monstrous maverick types, I finally found a copy of Lenny White’s fusion classic Venusian Summer yesterday. And yes, that really is the album cover, not the side of some dude’s Chevy van: More […]
DBMITW: Velvet Underground
Oh, hey, it’s Lou Reed’s 70th birthday today. Artists should make their best creative statement with whatever technical skills they have at their disposal at the moment, and Reed is a good example of that. […]
DBMITW: Jim Gordon
I’m working on a long transcription right now, and am determined to post the entire thing, so for now just enjoy the drumming of studio great Jim Gordon: Several more after the break- also see […]