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Transcription: Art Blakey – Boomerang

  • December 26, 2024
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A left handed drum solo by Art Blakey, on Boomerang, from Blue Mitchell’s album Out Of The Blue. The solo is 32 bars long, with a stop on bar 32 for the horn pick ups […]

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Listening to Blue Mitchell

  • September 30, 2022
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Put on your headphones, here’s a little listening this morning: this is Blues On My Mind from Blue Mitchell’s album Out Of The Blue. A lot of blue there, and blues. Playing on it are […]

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Groove o’ the day: Al Foster — Chick’s Tune

  • September 3, 2013
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I was working on our upcoming Book of Intros, and came across this cool Latin groove from a teenage Al Foster, playing on Blue Mitchell’s album The Thing To Do. The tune is Chick’s Tune, […]

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