This is the main loop I’ve been using with late Three Camps for drumset materials. Most of them— to my taste yesterday’s thing is better to practice without a loop. This is sampled from a portion of Milt Jackson’s solo from SKJ, a bonus track on the CD release of his album Sunflower. The tune is a 12 bar blues, and the tempo is about 125 bpm.
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