For those of you too young to remember, there was a live music show on US television at the end of the 80’s,called Night Music. Hosted by saxophonist David Sanborn, it was some of the […]
Category: Bill Frisell
Other people write things
OK, clearly this light patch is going to continue for a bit, so let’s see what my blogging compatriots are up to: Let’s lead with pianist George Colligan, who has a few words on practicing: […]
Groove o’ the day: Paul Motian’s tango
I like this feature, and I’m going to try to do a lot more of these this year. Here’s a hip modified tango played by Paul Motian on the tune When We Go, from Rambler […]
Transcription: Joey Baron – Child at Heart
This is one of my favorite pieces of Joey Baron’s playing, from Bill Frisell’s Where In The World, playing some of the more prodigious snare drum backbeats in jazz. The “hip”, backwards, rhythmically-displaced part during […]
Transcription: Three Intros
Another fast little project- drum intros from three of my favorite players, tracks, and albums: Paul Motian on Resistor, from Bill Frisell’s Rambler, Roy Haynes on H & H, from Pat Metheny’s Question And Answer, […]
Favorite albums: Where In The World by Bill Frisell
Where In The World by Bill Frisell 1991 – Nonesuch B000002H9S Bill Frisell – guitar Hank Roberts – cello Kermit Driscoll – bass Joey Baron – drums I and a lot of other drummers of my […]
Joey Baron master class, part 1 : Paying Your Rent Is High Art
This is part one of a transcript of a master class Joey Baron gave at the New School in 1994. I originally found this in ’98 on the rec.music.bluenote news group, and was just able […]