We lost a very great drummer this week, and one of a dwindling number of his generation: Ben Riley. He was best known for his playing with Thelonious Monk in the mid-60s, and with the […]
Category: transcriptions
Comping the Billy way
Here’s a fresh lesson on simplicity in comping in jazz— file this along with the post about the “Kenny” note from a few years ago. I’ve transcribed some ideas from Billy Higgins’s playing on Things […]
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 […]
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 […]
Groove o’ the day, ENHANCED: MORE NDUGU
This is how it goes around here, I get into a certain thing and do only that, and the blog content becomes unbalanced. What do I care, I love Ndugu Leon Chancler’s playing. You can […]
Transcription: Ndugu Leon Chancler – Blues For Walls
I say that every time I post something about him: Ndugu Leon Chancler has to be the player I love the most, for the least exposure to his playing— for years I just had the […]
Transcription: Billy Hart – Batuki
UPDATE: Jeez, what a moron. Naturally I spelled the title wrong on the actual page. It’s Batuki, not Batuka. Well, we’ll fix it for the book… Here’s an interesting little bit of playing by Billy […]
Tony Williams comping
Here’s a nice record I would’ve have liked to have known about 30 years ago, on which Charles Lloyd is rocking a Jimmy Giuffre kind of vibe. It’s Of Course, Of Course, and it was recorded […]