What we have here are some very basic comping ideas based on the so-called (by me only, I’m sure) “Kenny” note— a snare drum punctuation on the & of 1 or the & of 3. […]
Delecluse revoiced for the drumset
This is a piece a lot of you current or former percussion majors should be familiar with– Etude 4 from Methode de Caisse-Claire by Jacques Delecluse. I’ve made a three limb drumset study out of […]
Playing today…
Off to play at the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival under the St. Johns bridge in Portland this afternoon, with Andrew Durkin’s Proto-Human group. If you’re in Portland, come on down– we hit at 3:45.
Groove o’ the day: Dry Cleaner from Des Moines
Extremely light posting again this week, obviously– there’s just a whole lot going on right now; so until Monday at least you’ll have to amuse yourself by making another pass through our copious archives, or […]
DBMITW: freight train
Several clips of Tony Williams during his early 70’s “freight train from hell” phase: With Stan Getz, along with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke: Continued after the break: With Lifetime: Master of the single […]
Survival chops: accented 8ths
This is never too far from my mind anyway, but playing a salsa gig this weekend it occurred to me how little advanced chops are required in most musical situations. What is usually required is […]
Groove o’ the day: more Mike Clark
Wow, I think that’s the longest we’ve gone without posting since I “revived this sucker somewhat” back in January, 2011. It’s been a very busy week with tour junk, car shopping, and brushing up on […]
Groove o’ the day: Palm Grease
Here’s another hugely famous piece of drumming– one of the best-known of the 70’s– by Mike Clarke on the tune Palm Grease from the Herbie Hancock album Thrust: YouTube audio after the break:
The Kenny Note
As I was listening to the Kenny Clarke record Detroit Jazzmen it jumped out at me that Clarke really favors comping with the snare drum on the & of 1 and/or 3: Get the pdf […]
Transcription: Blue Seven
UPDATE: PDF link working now! I can’t believe I’ve never transcribed this one before. This is a very famous drum solo by Max Roach, on the tune Blue Seven from the album Saxophone Colossus by […]