Here’s a little 60’s funky LA cha cha (or guajira? Or something— it’s not a standard style) from the relatively unsung drummer/bandleader Chico Hamilton. This is Conquistadores, from his 1965 album El Chico: The right hand […]
Month: July 2013
Kenny Clarke plays an intro
Putting together a bebop podcast (which we’ll see here whenever I get it finished), this intro from 1941 by Kenny Clarke jumped out at me— the tune is Hot House, and the playing feels more […]
Page o’ coordination: another 5/4
OK, if you get burned playing a 5/4 because you haven’t practiced enough, don’t come crying to me. I’m doing all I can. This page is based on an ostinato that is sort of a […]
Crap!
A TECHNICAL NOTE: With the mid-90’s siren gif and everything, so you know it’s serious. Evidently our downloads have been, ah, down— inoperative— for a couple of days now, without my knowledge. The problem is […]
Transcription: Superstition — groove variations and fills
Experimenting with a different kind of transcription here. Stevie Wonder’s Superstition— from the album Talking Book, drums played by Wonder himself— is mainly a groove piece, but the groove is highly variable, and writing out […]
Perspectives on cymbals: part two
A recording engineer cries out: […] I’ve been giving some thought to the one thing that pisses me off the most when recording rock bands: drummers who incessantly bash the cymbals so they’re the loudest […]