This little series presents a kind of writing problem; it has to be either very short or very long, each of which will hit resistance with users. I’ve done it the long way, simply because […]
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Transcription: Blues March – two intros
Two intros to a famous tune: Blues March, by Benny Golson. One is by Art Blakey, from the Jazz Messengers album Moanin’, and the other is by Lex Humphries, from Art Farmer and Benny Golson […]
Figure Control: 6-4 – Lilin – 01
Let’s just assume every post begins with an apology for the light posting— I’ve just been very busy with playing, teaching, and getting ready for an art show this past few weeks. This Funk Control/Figure […]
Stick Control drumset exercise – basic
This is the type of thing I usually wouldn’t bother writing out, the instructions are so simple, but the more advanced variations are challenging enough that you’ll want to see them on paper. So let’s […]
Best books: Timbale Solo Transcriptions by Victor Rendon
Just a link share today for anyone interested in Salsa, Cuban music, and related musics. From Unlocking Clave‘s Facebook feed, here’s a nice free book, Timbale Solo Transcriptions by Victor Rendon. Do give Unlocking Clave and Rendon […]
Transcription: Steve Gadd – Autumn Leaves
We should make a series out of this: “little known records where you can learn more about a drummer than from his really famous ones.” Something like that. This 70s album by Chet Baker gives […]
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – Backwoods Song
In honor of the passing of the guitarist John Abercrombie— along with Pat Metheny, John Scofield, and Bill Frisell, one of the most important guitarists of the last ~45 years— here’s Jack Dejohnette’s playing on […]
Meter-within-meter: 5/8 in 4/4 rock – 01
This is something inspired by Joey Baron’s playing on Bill Frisell’s Child At Heart— I always come back to the same few things, and that’s a particularly fertile, mainly simple, piece of drumming. Some of […]
Figure Control – 6/4 – 02
Another page of Funk Control type exercises for use with my Stereolab/Free Design practice loop. We’re calling this portion of the series Figure Control since it’s not really funk, and we’re basing the exercises on a […]
Groove o’ the day: Betty Davis – Shut Off The Light
Fairly funky thing here… fairly compared to nuclear war, maybe… the opening groove from Shut Off The Light from Betty Davis’s Nasty Gal album. Drums are variously credited as being Nicky Neal, Semmie Neal Jr., […]