A page of warmups for one of my students, connecting the right hand lead triplet system (which he knows well) into a triplet comping system (which he does not). They’re both major ways of working […]
Category: comping
Reed tweak: BD triplets, with options
Posting sparsely this week due to holiday festivities, and doing a ton of work on site stuff, promotional stuff, getting my Patreon presence happening, other stuff. There’s a lot in the works for ’26. This […]
Jazz patterns for massive repetition
For a younger student of mine. Right now he has a notebook of stuff like the baghad vita, sometimes you need to pare it down for them. This is a small collection of jazz patterns […]
Reed interpretations: Billy Higgins-like uptempo method
Here’s a little thing suitable for jazz at fast tempos, resulting in a Billy Higgins-like sound. Billy Higgins at times. He’ll do a lot of unisons between hands, partial spangalangs, and alternating singles. There are […]
Transcription: Jack Dejohnette – On Green Dolphin St.
You can support this site by purchasing this transcription on Patreon. Here is Jack Dejohnette playing duo with Lee Konitz, on the head of Green Dolphin St., and the first chorus of Konitz’s solo, on […]
Transcription: Billy Higgins – Three Bags Full
Just getting a closer look at something Billy Higgins plays on the tune Three Bags full, from Herbie Hancock’s 1962 album Takin’ Off. On the alternate take especially he does an interesting triplet thing. Almost […]
Subtractive method: three way – 01
Wrote this out as an experiment, adding the left foot to a subtractive pattern, and it works quite well. It’s manageably easy to read. The underlying pattern is close to my usual pattern: BSHB SHBS. […]
Transcription: Philly Joe Jones – Gaza Strip
Philly Joe Jones playing on Gaza Strip, from Lee Morgan’s first album Indeed!— recorded when Morgan was 18 years old, right around the time Jones was recording several of the famous Miles Davis Quintet albums. […]
Chapin variations roundup
Collecting a few things we’ve done with Jim Chapin’s Advanced Techniques For The Modern Drummer over the years, to make practicing those one-measure patterns a little more musically productive. Yes, it takes more time to […]
Transcription: Charli Persip hihat/comping
A little bit of Charli Persip here, playing On Green Dolphin St. with Red Garland, on Garland’s 1961 album Bright And Breezy. This is on Sam Jones’s bass solo, so we’re getting a good look […]
Transcription: Steve Gadd – Waltse For Dave
More Steve Gadd on Chick Corea’s Friends— here on the flute solo on Waltse For Dave, a medium tempo jazz waltz. It has a 70 bar form: A -16 | A – 16 | B […]
Subtractive systems for 16ths in jazz
Some subtractive systems for voicing your snare drum and bass drum in 16ths and partials thereof, in jazz comping. It’s a very common thing, but not usually featured in the normal materials, or included in […]