Something released in a year starting with a 2, for once. Here Bill Stewart solos during James, from Pat Metheny’s Trio – Live record. Stewart is a few months older than me, and is sort […]
Category: Pat Metheny
Transcription: Billy Higgins / Tears Inside
Tears Inside, from Pat Metheny’s album Rejoicing, is such a favorite track of mine, I’m surprised we haven’t done anything with it before. I did transcribe the drum intro for the forthcoming[!!!] Book of Intros. So […]
Billy’s best
Here’s some more essential Billy Higgins listening for you. I hesitate to declare anything the best— because a) the man played on over 700 albums, of which I have been exposed to, what, 5-7%? And […]
Favorite albums: Billy Higgins
I guess I could’ve called this Higgins and Haden. These are four records from what is for me the classic phase of Higgins’ career in terms of his sound- he’s got that heavy-ish rivet cymbal […]
The stars are aligned
Or something. Looks like I’ll be playing this tune with two different groups two weeks in a row, after never playing it in the 20+ years I’ve known it. A ton more Metheny/Haynes/Holland goodness after […]
Roy Haynes transcription round-up
I thought I’d follow up my Elvin Jones transcription round-up with one of the other great jazz masters, Roy Haynes. I’m a little surprised to find I’ve only put up two things of his, his […]
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, […]