$138 mil, actually. As I was pulling together that De Kooning post, I came across this factoid re: the sale of his painting Woman III for 100+ million dollars— a figure that happens to be […]
Month: February 2013
Groove o’ the day: Whipping Post
Extraordinarily busy this week, but there’s always time for a groove o’ the day, so here’s Whipping Post, by the Allman Brothers. Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johnson are on drums, apparently playing basically in unison. […]
Now you’re talking
Here’s what I like to see— London drummer/blogger Sam Yadel has adapted Alan Dawson’s “Rudimental Ritual” into 5/4: I’m not much of a RR guy— it was just never a part of the drumming culture […]
Cracking 5/4: feet ostinatos
In adapting the blog post Cracking 5/4: the basics for the upcoming 2012 Book of the Blog, I noticed an an ugly gap in my materials— for that portion I suggested you get your patterns […]
DBMITW: Ed Blackwell, more Milford
I’ve got several wordy pieces kicking around the drafts folder right now, but I’m working on the 2012 Book of the Blog today, so it’ll be a minute before you see them. In the mean […]
Milford Graves
Hey, there’s more of pioneering free jazz drummer Milford Graves up on YouTube than there used to be. I think he’s my favorite of the early way free guys, and I wish he was on […]
Best books: the Dahlgren & Fine rock book
Complete Text for the Rock and Roll Drummer by Marvin Dahlgren and Elliot Fine Really Good Music Publishing 66 pages When Really Good Music Publishing reissued a raft of Marvin Dahlgren titles last year, I […]
Elvin-like 5/4
Here’s another in this fairly massive Elvin series, which I wrote to develop this unusual cymbal pattern in 5/4, with the 8th notes on beats 3 and 5. The first measure is the cymbal-and-feet ostinato, […]
New lessons site up
Here’s part of what I’ve been doing this week instead of posting here— completing my new private lessons site. If you’re in the Portland metro area, don’t hesitate to get in touch re: private lessons. […]
A few De Koonings
A little palette-cleanser today. Here are some comments on some nice Willem De Kooning paintings I’ve never seen reproduced anywhere before, and a little thumbnail sketch of his career— minus the well-known “high” phases. First, […]
Groove o’ the day: Grant Green — Cantaloupe Woman
Here are two different Blue Note/soul/boogaloo-type grooves on the tune Cantaloupe Woman, from albums by Grant Green. First, from the great session drummer Ben Dixon (who also wrote the tune), as played on the 1965 […]
DBMITW: Fela Kuti — Zombie
Continuing with light posting for a few days, as I have a lot of other work to do, so here is all of Fela Kuti’s twenty-something-th album, Zombie, with the great Tony Allen on the […]