This is timely: several outstanding clips of Jack Dejohnette’s Special Edition which I hadn’t seen before just came up on Reddit: h/t to Goatthroat Three more screaming parts after the break:
Category: drums
Todd’s methods: Reed triplets in steps – BD
One of the common interpretations applied to Ted Reed’s Syncopation is to fill out the written rhythm with triplets, which can be pretty technically challenging due to all the doubles and multiples that come up. […]
MD interview: Ben Riley on Monk, more
Here are some excerpts from a Ben Riley interview I hadn’t read before- I didn’t know who he was when the September, 1986 issue of Modern Drummer came out. It’s a nice companion piece to […]
Transcription: Ndugu – Watch Out, Baby!
Here’s one of my favorite funk drumming performances ever, which I originally transcribed years ago off of my brother’s bootleg cassette- Ndugu Leon Chancler playing on Watch Out, Baby! from George Duke’s 1977 Reach For […]
Two more Paul Motian memorials
This time from someone who actually knew him and played with him, Ethan Iverson. Here’s the introduction: “Who was Paul Motian? A bald white guy without proper technique? One look at his trademark grip, choked […]
Ralph Peterson interview
Here’s a nice interview with Ralph Peterson by now-Portland pianist George Colligan. They talk about a lot of things, but I’ve pulled out the bits most related to actually hitting the drums, because that’s what […]
A stack of books
I got a nice deal on a pile of old books, and I thought I’d just give a quick overview of them, along with representative excerpts. Here, in no particular order: Rolls, Rolls, Rolls by […]
Typos in Wilcoxon
I just received in the mail a copy of an older edition (circa 1969) of Wilcoxon’s Modern Rudimental Swing Solos, and confirmed my suspicion that there are some typos in the new Sakal edition. First, […]
You knew this was coming…
Here’s the latest stupidly-named iteration of my basic paradiddle exercise, this time using 16th note 7s, septuplets, or whatever you want to call them. As always, play through the entire page, then play combinations of […]
Transcription: Dom Um Romão – Agua de Beber
A little companion piece to my bossa BD variations post– this should be helpful in giving your bossa someplace to go; as I mentioned before, a lot of people get married to the standard time […]
Transcription: Zigaboo Modeliste – Good Old Funky Music
This is a permanent favorite of mine- Good Old Funky Music by the Meters, with Zigaboo Modeliste on drums. Not a single day goes by without me hearing this internally at some point. There is […]
More Motian
Photo by T. Bruce Wittet From T. Bruce Wittet’s site– which Google has done a good job hiding from me until now- a couple of very personal posts, one on interviewing Motian, and one about […]