Via Rifftides: Seattle photographer Ron Hudson has died at 71. Jazz musicians were his primary subject, and during his career he photographed many of the greats, including Count Basie, Woody Herman, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, […]
Transcription: Three Intros
Another fast little project- drum intros from three of my favorite players, tracks, and albums: Paul Motian on Resistor, from Bill Frisell’s Rambler, Roy Haynes on H & H, from Pat Metheny’s Question And Answer, […]
This / Not This – episode 4 – New Wave
This: Not this flaccid little move at 2:18:
Todd’s Methods, Pt. 1: daku-daku-paradiddle
New series: quick and dirty presentation of some of my practice methods. The idea is to write them up fast and on one page, so explanations may not be as thorough as everyone would like. […]
It’s hard to believe it has an age.
Via Larry Appelbaum @ Let’s Cool One: today is the 50th birthday of one of the greatest albums in jazz, Oliver Nelson’s Blues and the Abstract Truth. Like a lot of other people, the first […]
Bob Moses interviews Rashied Ali
January 2003 interview of the late Rashied Ali by another great drummer, Bob Moses. This is only available through jpegs, so I can’t quote it without typing it out, and you should read the whole […]
Transcription by Steve Korn: Elvin Jones – Summertime
Here’s an old favorite- Elvin Jones’ solo on the tune Summertime, from John Coltrane’s My Favorite Things record. I think this is one of the first Elvin things I attempted to transcribe back in 1988 […]
Favorite tracks: Charles Mingus – Hog Callin’ Blues
Here’s a feature I’ve been meaning to start- my favorite individual tracks ever. Our first entry will be Charles Mingus’ Hog Callin’ Blues, from the album Oh Yeah. I think Jimmy Knepper said “there’s no […]
16th note fills using Syncopation – Part 1
This is the first part of a method for working on 16th note fills, which I developed for my intermediate students. It requires some selective reading, but in a constructive way- the same type of […]
March 1: Stanton Moore DVD drawing for my followers
That’s right, become a follower of Cruise Ship Drummer! during the month of February and you will be automatically entered in a drawing for a free copy of Stanton Moore’s excellent new Groove Alchemy DVD. […]