Here’s some nice Christmas morning listening, which I’ve certainly shared before— Before We Were Born, by Bill Frisell. This was my first exposure to Joey Baron’s drumming, around 1990-91. I used to play these gigs […]
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Solo transcription: Joey Baron – Goldfish
Joey Baron’s solo over a 7/4 vamp on Goldfish, from Dave Douglas’s 1997 album Stargazer, to which I’m listening a lot this week. There’s not a ton of drumistic content to it, it’s more of […]
Daily best music in the world: early 90s zeitgeist
Here’s a record I almost forgot about, that had a big impact on the way I play the drums. From 1988-90, David Sanborn was the leading guy getting new and eclectic music to a (reasonably) […]
Transcription: Joey Baron – Resistor
Here is Joey Baron playing on Don Byron’s solo on Resistor, from the Bill Frisell album This Land— Baron’s playing on this record is one of the major blowing performances of the 90s. The tune […]
Joey Baron investigated
A great extended interview with Joey Baron by Cologne pianist Pablo Held. Part three has the most drumming and performance related conversation in it, but follow the link and watch the other two videos, too: […]
Practice loop: Bill Frisell – Child At Heart
Here’s a loop to practice my hip uptempo rock practice method along with— sampled from the fast portion of Bill Frisell’s Child At Heart, from his album Where In The World, which is one of […]
Daily best music in the world: end of the 80s with Bill Frisell
Another of my all time favorite records, Is That You? by Bill Frisell, with Joey Baron on drums. It’s lightly flawed with an in-your-face overprocessed drum sound, produced by Wayne Horvitz, but whatever. It’s not […]
Transcription: Joey Baron — Cattle Drive
A little transcription of Joey Baron playing in Bill Frisell/Americana mode on Cattle Drive, from Frisell’s original music for the Buster Keaton film Go West. It’s sort of a beginner’s version of the ricky-ticky thing […]
Daily best music in the world: driving music
Long day yesterday driving to the Oregon coast for a recording session, and home again. I did bring along one of my favorite things ever, Before We Were Born, by Bill Frisell. We used to […]
Joey Baron
Just listening to a little Joey Baron this morning— be sure to listen to the interview at the end. Roulette TV: JOEY BARON from Roulette Intermedium on Vimeo.