Who knows for how long— days, not weeks. 12/10/12 update: The new book is now, at long last, available to order. You can still get the transcriptions book at a 10% discount. I’m feverishly working […]
Month: November 2012
Problem Child fills
I listened to Problem Child by AC/DC a lot when I was in the 8th grade, and just happened to put it on for the first time in a few years, and realized how much […]
Groove o’ the day: Airto — Stanley’s Tune
Here’s a baião-based funk groove from Airto: That is, Airto’s feet are doing baião, everything else about the tune is just early 70’s funk jamitude. The accents on the floor tom are pretty subtle; he […]
2012 tour repertoire
Rehearsal, severely jetlagged, at Jazz Station, Brussels More tour documentation here— this may not be real interesting to everyone. These are the tunes I had in my book on the 2012 outing, along with some […]
Pete LaRoca 1938-2012
Another very great drummer has died, Pete LaRoca Sims. I heard that he had entered a hospice a few days ago; his condition must have deteriorated very quickly. He was of roughly the same generation […]
Transcription: Milton Banana — Flor de Liz
As I mentioned before Milton Banana is one of the great Bossa Nova drummers, and since that tends to be an under-understood style (by the whole rhythm section, actually), I want to go a little […]
Tour gear rated
C’est indispensable I want to take a moment to mention some pieces of gear that distinguished themselves one way or another on this trip: 20″ Paiste Sound Formula Full Ride with six rivets This cymbal […]
Groove o’ the day: Ricky Lawson — I Need You Now
Getting back to our regular stuff, here, we’ve got the groove for I Need You Now, from George Duke’s Brazilian Love Affair, played by Ricky Lawson: The accents are for the hihat part only. Visit […]
An epic 48 hours of travel.
Among the last civilized moments of the trip, despite the automatic weapons. Got up early on our last morning in Paris to go see the Eiffel Tower at dawn and then hustle with our luggage […]
Tour wrapping up
Obviously it’s been very hard for me to get to a computer and do any posting while I’ve been on tour. Our last gig is tonight, in Aachen, Germany, then I’m off to hang around […]
Riding into Paris
Operating on very little sleep here after driving back to Brussels after our Paris gigs, and organizing photos from that leg of the trip, many of which were taken with that jive Android “retro” camera […]