Finally had time to finish this up- this has been languishing in the archives in dire need of proofing for some time. Here’s the the complete drum part for Rhythm-a-ning, by Frankie Dunlop, from Thelonious Monk’s Criss Cross. I’ve included the rhythm of the head of the tune, and of the tenor and piano solos so you can see how the drums support them.
An item I was working out with a student— making an Elvin Jones-like Latin groove/texture out of a Mozambique rhythm, for medium tempos, with swing 8th notes. It’s an entry, just the first, most obvious […]
Here’s one of my favorite funk drumming performances ever, which I originally transcribed years ago off of my brother’s bootleg cassette- Ndugu Leon Chancler playing on Watch Out, Baby! from George Duke’s 1977 Reach For […]
A little drum break and Latin groove from Art Blakey, on Safari, by Horace Silver, originally on Horace Silver Trio, vol. 1, on Blue Note. Originally a 78 release, actually— the recording is less than […]