Here’s a fast 6/4 Afro type of groove from Ed Blackwell, on the track Love, from a duo record with Wadada Leo Smith, The Blue Mountain’s Sun Drummer. There’s no tune, it’s just free blowing […]
Category: Ed Blackwell grooves
Analysis: Ed Blackwell – Strength and Courage
Here’s a boiled down version of the Christmas transcription, Strength and Courage, by Joe Lovano. It’s a real crash course in Ed Blackwell— a lot of what he plays on many albums throughout his career […]
Transcription: Ed Blackwell – Strength and Courage
Merry Christmas, everyone. Ho ho hoooeeere’s a LONG Ed Blackwell transcription for you, basically all of Strength And Courage, from Joe Lovano’s trio album Sounds of Joy, along with Alex Cox on the bass. The […]
Groove o’ the day: Ed Blackwell — Tarik
Here’s something from I think the first record with Ed Blackwell I ever bought: Tarik, by Dewey Redman. It’s sort of Blackwell’s tom tom thing boiled down to it’s smallest essence: It will be up […]
Groove o’ the day: Ed Blackwell — Lop-o-lop
Another Ed Blackwell 6/8 today, from an album you may have some trouble finding, Dewey Redman’s Tarik, on Aktuel. The drums play in two, and the bass (Malachi Favors, I think?) plays a fast 6. […]
Groove o’ the day: Ed Blackwell — 6/8 variations
Here are some more variations on the Afro 6/8 feel, played by Ed Blackwell on the tune Mopti (an old favorite from Flatland days, which I’ll be reintroducing to the set on the Europe trip […]
GOTD: Ed Blackwell — still more of Togo
Still more of Ed Blackwell’s performance on the tune Togo, from the album Old And New Dreams. Michael Griener in Berlin has helpfully informed me in the comments that a transcription of this entire performance […]
Groove o’ the day: Ed Blackwell — more Togo
Another Ed Blackwell groove today, from a little deeper in the same tune as the last GOTD, Togo, from the self-titled Old And New Dreams on ECM (there’s also one on the Black Saint label, […]
Groove o’ the day: Ed Blackwell – another 6/8
UPDATE: Whoops, a typo, gitoutcher pencils– scratch that last tom note in the second measure. Here’s another entry in my little project of cataloging as many of Ed Blackwell’s grooves as I can figure out. […]
Groove o’ the day: T & T, too
While you’re feverishly working on yesterday’s GOTD by Ed Blackwell, allow me to throw at you a similar version of the same groove from later in the tune, which again is T & T by […]