Here’s Flamenco beat played by Billy Cobham on a cover of the Jefferson Airplane song White Rabbit, from George Benson’s album of the same name. I’ve been listening to it on my drives to Eugene […]
Category: Groove o’ the day
Groove o’ the day: Linha da Passe
Bright samba groove from one of my favorite Brazilian drummers, Milton Banana, who was most active in the 60s/70s. The tune is Linha da Passe, which you’re most likely find on Banana’s compilation album Sambas […]
Groove o’ the day: Airto Afro 6
An Afro 6* groove played by Airto, on the intro of Casa Forte, on Flora Purim’s 1974 record Stories To Tell. It has some big shot LA musicians on it, including saxophonist Hadley Caliman, who […]
Transcription: Ndugu Leon Chancler – Man in the Green Shirt
Quick little transcription that includes one of the great opening drum fills ever— Ndugu Leon Chancler playing Man in the Green Shirt, from Weather Report’s album Tale Spinnin’. I’ve just written out the opening, some […]
Groove o’ the day: Idris Muhammad – Last Train to Clarkesville
Idris Muhammad plays a hip train beat on George Benson’s cover of a Monkees hit, Last Train To Clarkesville, from his 1968 album Shape Of Things To Come. He’s playing rim clicks with a stick […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – Polar AC
Jack Dejohnette playing a straight 8th groove on Freddie Hubbard’s Polar AC. This gets called an ECM feel today, but maybe we should start calling it a CTI feel. Change it up, direct people to […]
Groove o’ the day: Afro 10/8
An interesting groove by Billy Kilson, on A Seeking Spirit, from Dave Holland’s Prime Directive album, one of the big records of the late 90s. If you’re not familiar, he had a very high powered […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – Soft Blue
Another item from Jack Dejohnette, playing on Jackie McLean’s album Jackknife— Dejohnette’s first major recording, made when he was 24 years old. We’ve seen a couple of other things from this album, a groove o’ […]
Groove o’ the day: Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit
Alphonse Mouzon’s groove from McCoy Tyner’s Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit— as he plays it in the live video below, from 1973. The tune was originally recorded on Tyner’s album Enlightenment— a 24 minute spiritual journey. […]
Groove o’ the day: Jack Dejohnette – Fiesta
A bright samba groove played by Jack Dejohnette on Fiesta, from Stan Getz’ My Foolish Heart album— a live record from the mid-70s. Tempo is about half note = 130. Here’s the very beginning of […]