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Comping the Billy way
- Todd Bishop
- October 16, 2017
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Here’s a fresh lesson on simplicity in comping in jazz— file this along with the post about the “Kenny” note from a few years ago. I’ve transcribed some ideas from Billy Higgins’s playing on Things […]
Charlie Haden interview by Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus
- Todd Bishop
- February 9, 2011
- 1
As I mentioned, I’m doing a lot of thinking about Ornette Coleman, and happened to find this excellent, extended 2007 interview with one of my favorite musicians ever, Charlie Haden, by Bad Plus pianist Ethan […]
Reassessing some free jazz drummers
- Todd Bishop
- June 20, 2022
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There was a period of about five years where I was listening to a lot of early free jazz— Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp. Ornette (and his circle) is the only one […]