As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been working a bunch with the paradiddle page I wrote up for my student Matt F, usually combining single repetitions of each exercise, as described in the post. Last night I […]
Month: July 2011
Stanley’s Page of Bossa Nova
Here is a page of basic Bossa Nova patterns, which I wrote up for a couple of my students. I’ve included the standard pattern that will be familiar to a lot of people, a Partido […]
Transcription: Jim Gordon – Apostrophé
Here’s Jim Gordon’s drum break from the title track of Apostrophé by Frank Zappa. The tune is a jam with Zappa and Cream bassist Jack Bruce. This is actually one of the first things I […]
Two Stone applications by Alan Dawson
Here are a couple of Stick Control applications by Alan Dawson, from JohnW in Massachusetts, a knowledgeable Drummerworld.com forum contributor who studied with him in 1982-83. For the hands: Use Stick Control p. 5, ex. […]
The abyss
In this third installment of my events/swing band repertoire series (hopefully it’s of some interest to the bandleaders/working drummers out there), we’ll be confronting some of the things I’ve kept around strictly out of commercial […]
Transcription: Andy Newmark – Anticipation
This is kind of a remarkable track by Andy Newmark, Anticipation by Carly Simon, one of the first and biggest hits he played on. It’s an easy thing to dismiss— if you’re over about 40 […]
Keeping the band happy.
More notes from revamping my book (my events band’s performing repertoire, that is). Here I thought I would share some of the tunes I use to keep the band from going nuts over the more […]
Tuesday morning bossa nova
Well, “it’s Tuesday” and “here’s some bossa nova”, anyway- this isn’t a regular feature or anything. Here’s a variety of poppy 60’s stuff, starting with one of my favorite things from the vocal group Quarteto […]
Drummer/jazz musician interview archive
Here’s something well worth spending a few hours with- the podcast archive of the Jake Feinberg Show. Includes interviews with drummers Mickey Roker, and Ndugu Leon Chancler, as well as LA studio percussionist Emil Richards, […]
Stick Control expander – Rhythm, part 1
One of the things I’m working on getting together is an array of stuff to do with Stick Control, that do not make more sense to do by the melody-interpreting Reed/Syncopation method. I know that […]
Updating my book
In preparation for a benefit gig this evening, I’m adding some new tunes my group’s book, and more importantly clearing some of the ample dead wood. In case you’re curious about the “thought” process that […]
Transcription: Mocidade tamborims, 2009
Here’s something I did for my own benefit, which may or may not be of interest to my regular readers. I picked up and have been fooling around with a Pearl bass drum-mounted tamborim (CSD! […]