Yikes, another patch of light posting, as I’ve been busy with other projects. Until I can get something posted later in the day, get your rear over to Jon McCaslin’s blog to watch and more importantly listen to a rare Kenny Clarke video. In case you’re not familiar with him, Clarke is the guy who basically invented the modern usage of the cymbal, and modern drumming generally. Learn more about him from the Mel Lewis history of jazz drumming interviews (another h/t to Jon for linking to that originally), then get yourself copies of Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington and Miles Davis’ Walkin’, for starters.
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