This is timely: several outstanding clips of Jack Dejohnette’s Special Edition which I hadn’t seen before just came up on Reddit: h/t to Goatthroat Three more screaming parts after the break:
Month: December 2011
Jazz Truth interview: Jack Dejohnette
This is unusual: an interview conducted by a non-drummer geekishly opening with a discussion of bass drum technique. Here’s George Colligan of the Jazz Truth blog speaking to Jack Dejohnette. As usual, I’ve edited out […]
Buy a turntable
Go here. That’s mainly an instruction to myself, but I invite you to do it, too. My first Sony turntable from 1981 finally died once and for all in the mid-00’s, and like a big […]
Holiday viewing
You’ve probably heard this exquisite version of “O Holy Night” before, but maybe not with this guy lip syncing- we’re convinced that he’s an actual performer because he actually does a pretty impeccable job with […]
DBMITW: Gil Evans – Naña
Gil Evans again. It’s always Gil Evans. Usually I do these Daily-Best-Music-In-The-World-ses when I’m pressed for time, but this is such an insane rendition of one of my favorite Brazilian tunes it merited actually taking […]
Nothing to see here…
Busy getting ready for Christmas, trying to figure out what to say about this, working out of Dahlgren & Fine (which I’ve never been fond of- more on that later) and playing through some of […]
Todd’s methods: Reed triplets in steps – BD
One of the common interpretations applied to Ted Reed’s Syncopation is to fill out the written rhythm with triplets, which can be pretty technically challenging due to all the doubles and multiples that come up. […]
Vinnie Colaiuta Q & A
Here’s 37 minutes of audio from the question and answer portion of a Vinnie Colaiuta clinic. He opens with some discussion of playing in 19/16 on Keep It Greasey, from Joe’s Garage by Frank Zappa […]
Bob Brookmeyer 1929-2011
Trombonist, arranger, and educator Bob Brookmeyer has passed away; visit Jazz Wax has a nice obituary and retrospective of his career. Here he is playing with one of my favorite groups of the 50’s, the […]
All the grooves from Still Bill
Today we’ve got all of the grooves from the Bill Withers album Still Bill, with drumming by soul master James Gadson: Notes: – Swing the 16th notes on “Lonely Town, Lonely Street”. – Bass drum […]
DBMITW: Othar Turner
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MD interview: Ben Riley on Monk, more
Here are some excerpts from a Ben Riley interview I hadn’t read before- I didn’t know who he was when the September, 1986 issue of Modern Drummer came out. It’s a nice companion piece to […]