I had a nice time hanging out at Portland’s Revival Drum Shop last night— an excellent, unique drum shop featuring mostly vintage gear, with a lot of interesting new percussion instruments, and new and vintage […]
Month: February 2024
Ruffs, drags, and general correctness in snare drumming
The correct way to play ruffs (or drags if you prefer) on the snare drum is an extremely attractive topic for repeated, endless debate. Evidently. I’ve seen it again and again, people going nuts for the topic. The […]
Groove o’ the day: Elvin waltz by Kenny Washington
Here’s Kenny Washington playing an Elvin Jones-type of waltz groove on Simple Waltz, on Clark Terry’s 1991 record Live at the Village Gate. It’s kind of an obscure item now, I bought the record then […]
CYMBALISTIC: Oh, what the heck…
UPDATE: Bumping this to the top of the blog. CYMBALISTIC: Oh, what the heck, business has been a little slow lately, so let’s goose this thing a little bit, and do a special on cymbals. […]
Max Roach / Stan Levey duo transcription: Milano Blues
Here’s a composed drum duo played by Max Roach and Stan Levey, on their album Drummin’ The Blues. They trade off on some parts, and play in unison on others. I believe the whole thing […]
Very occasional quote of the day: getting fired
“There’s been times when I was fired from gigs because, lets say I had the ability to get my foot in the door, but wasn’t living up to the expectations that people had. In that […]
Practical comping lesson with Rothman
Joel Rothman’s books don’t get a ton of attention in the jazz drums-learning world, but they’re good. I like the comping materials in his book Basic Drumming (duplicated in his book Drumming And All That […]
Ndugu Leon Chancler with George Duke
Here’s a cool video of Ndugu Leon Chancler in the studio with George Duke, playing Dukey Stick, which ended up on his record Don’t Let Go. They start playing after about 1:45. The way Ndugu […]
Very occasional quote of the day: religion
“This is my religion. I take long breaks now when I don’t perform and I am not myself when I am not performing.” – Roy Haynes h/t Sheet Music Library
Antonio Sanchez on drumming in movies
From Anzonio Sanchez’s twitter feed, here’s a video of him commenting on some drumming performances in movies, including School of Rock, Sound of Metal, Whiplash, and some other things. Most of the examples don’t have […]