Jazz Station, in Brussels Things are going swimmingly so far, with two gigs down, but it’s proving difficult to put tour updates on the blog, so if you’re interested, please visit my personal Facebook page […]
Month: November 2013
On tour
As you may’ve heard, because I keep mentioning it, I’ll be in Europe for the next 2+ weeks, starting now. Stay tuned for whatever updates I can make from the road— photos, video, and such. […]
Mike Snyder on triggering
I put together thousands of these things. This is really just a quick link share for a friend— I have nothing to say on the subject of electronics, other than to give the reasons I […]
Everybody digs the same stuff, part eleventy
I’ve decided that one of the immutable laws of the universe is that everybody digs the same stuff— well, I’ve felt that way for some time, and it keeps getting confirmed. In this latest case: […]
2013 tour repertoire
Here’s a list of the tunes we’ll be working with on my group’s Belgium trip next week. We won’t end up playing all of this stuff, but it’s in the books. A little over half […]
Just so we’re all on the same page…
While I’m working on some last-minute pre-tour adds to my book, I suggest reading this, from Digital Music News: The 13 Most Insidious, Pervasive Lies of the Modern Music Industry… One of my favorites: Lie […]
How to play Stablemates
The bop tune Stablemates, by Benny Golson, is something of a test piece for drummers. As now-Portland pianist George Colligan said, “Stablemates can be revealing for a drummer….”, and Golson himself said “It moves around […]
A few new vintage Paistes
I guess the 80’s is vintage now. In the past few years I’ve been rebuilding my cymbal collection, after ruthlessly disposing of a lot of things during a lean patch, and have largely been focusing […]
Transcription: Jon Christensen — Keep It Like That- Tight
Here’s Jon Christensen doing some nice open, dynamic playing on a slow, static vamp: Keep It Like That — Tight from Terje Rypdal’s self-titled album on ECM from 1971. We love Christensen because he’s a […]