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, […]
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Todd’s Methods, Pt. 1: daku-daku-paradiddle
New series: quick and dirty presentation of some of my practice methods. The idea is to write them up fast and on one page, so explanations may not be as thorough as everyone would like. […]
16th note fills using Syncopation – Part 1
This is the first part of a method for working on 16th note fills, which I developed for my intermediate students. It requires some selective reading, but in a constructive way- the same type of […]
Transcription: Frankie Dunlop – Rhythm-a-ning
Finally had time to finish this up- this has been languishing in the archives in dire need of proofing for some time. Here’s the the complete drum part for Rhythm-a-ning, by Frankie Dunlop, from Thelonious […]
Transcription: Elvin Jones – Soul Eyes
Another transcription from the archives- Elvin Jones playing brushes on Soul Eyes, from the album Coltrane, by John Coltrane. The transcription is of the piano and tenor solos; it’s written in the four of the […]
Transcription: Lenny White – Invitation
Here’s my transcription of Lenny White playing on Invitation, from Joe Henderson’s In Pursuit of Blackness. I made note of a couple of suspect measures that gave me problems originally. I haven’t proofed it recently, […]
Straight, No Chaser – two interpretations
You know, I think I’m kind of a Monk guy? Here’s something I did for a student some time ago- a comparison of Ben Riley’s and Art Taylor’s approach to playing on the head of […]
Transcription: Frankie Dunlop – Bolivar Blues
There is just a ton of good stuff on Jon McCaslin’s Four on the Floor blog– like this little 2010 piece on the great, under-appreciated drummer Frankie Dunlop, who was with Thelonious Monk for part […]
Elvin Jones analysis – Big Nick
Here’s a little analysis- or catalog of ideas- extracted from my transcription of Elvin Jones playing on Big Nick, from Coltrane’s album with Duke Ellington. It’s a good introduction to Elvin’s playing for novice drummers- […]
Three Camps
This is a traditional rudimental piece going back to at least Civil War days- it consists of accented rolls in a triplet pulsation. Originally it functioned as a sort of camp alarm clock, as part […]
Solo transcription: Jack Dejohnette – God Bless The Child
Another example of that ECM gospel feel with my original transcription of Jack Dejohnette’s famous solo on God Bless The Child, from Keith Jarrett’s Standards Volume 1: Keith Jarrett – Standards, Vol. 1 ECM B000VAKNLK […]
Transcription: Jon Christensen – Long As You Know You’re Living Yours
Here’s Jon Christensen playing some of those ECM backbeats on Long As You Know You’re Living Yours, from Keith Jarrett’s Belonging. I mean to tackle the big one- The Windup- soon, but in the mean […]