This one goes out to my man Ed Pierce; I’ve really been getting into the Al Jackson this week. Here’s most of what he plays on Soul Jam, by Booker T. and the MGs, from […]
Month: June 2013
Groove o’ the day: Al Jackson
Here’s something from the great R&B drummer Al Jackson, on the light little instrumental tune Overton Park Sunrise, from the Union Extended album by Booker T. & The MGs. On the A section he plays […]
What is HIP?
George Colligan is trying to create a said thing. At his Jazz Truth blog there’s a post highly worth reading, about High Intensity Practicing, or HIP— his phrase— or “practicing REALLY HARD, at a sort […]
Drum clinic artifacts
Right now I’m working on a couple of very wordy pieces, and since I view words primarily as vectors for self-embarrassment, it’s taking me a long time to finish them. In the mean time, you […]
VOQOTD: Max Roach on what it’s about
“It’s not about comparative things: who’s the fastest, or… it’s not about that. It’s about someone who, when you hear them, you say, Oh, that’s Tony! Oh, that’s Miles! Ah, that’s John Coltrane! That’s what […]