Here’s Chester Thompson playing on the tune Gibraltar, an extended groove number on the Weather Report album Black Market. The first thing I ever transcribed was Chester Thompson playing with Genesis, and I associate him […]
Category: Weather Report
Daily best music in the world: early Weather Report
I have a lot of writing projects going right now, and seem to be unable to finish any of them, so let’s listen. Here’s Alphonse Mouzon playing on the first Weather Report album, doing what […]
Unpacking a groove: Predator
I’m getting into some finer points of playing the hihat two handed with a younger student, and was tempted to show him a groove I transcribed a long time ago: Predator, played by Omar Hakim […]
Transcription: Ndugu Leon Chancler – Man in the Green Shirt
Quick little transcription that includes one of the great opening drum fills ever— Ndugu Leon Chancler playing Man in the Green Shirt, from Weather Report’s album Tale Spinnin’. I’ve just written out the opening, some […]
Practice loop: Port of Entry
Here’s a fun practice loop sampled from Port of Entry, by Weather Report. A great track from Night Passage, one of my favorite records. Tempo is 77 or 154 bpm, depending on how you want […]
Victor Bailey 1960-2016
Learned from Terri Lyne Carrington on Twitter that bassist Victor Bailey has passed away from a long-term muscular dystrophy-like disorder. I knew him best for his playing with Weather Report: All of the WR albums […]
Daily best music in the world: Weather Report
Lots of other action right now, so light posting is going to continue this week, so enjoy 8:30, by Weather Report. Peter Erskine is on drums. I used to set my turntable to repeat, and […]
DBMITW: The Hawaii 5-0 fill, redux
What this Hawaii 5-0 nonsense is about, for people under the age of 40-something. Get Tale Spinnin’ by Weather Report
Groove o’ the day: Predator by Omar Hakim
Another new “of the day” feature that is going to be nothing like daily. But I’ll post them now and then, and it will be on a day, hence the… never mind. This is the […]
Daily best music in the world
Twice in a row makes this a feature, I guess. Because I don’t have time for much else, here’s Weather Report from 1971, with Alphonse Mouzon on drums and Dom um Romao on percussion. Plus […]