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Transcription: Art Blakey – Safari

  • January 15, 2025
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A little drum break and Latin groove from Art Blakey, on Safari, by Horace Silver, originally on Horace Silver Trio, vol. 1, on Blue Note. Originally a 78 release, actually— the recording is less than […]

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Groove o’ the day: alternate Afro 6/8

  • May 25, 2012
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Here is a another, simplified Afro 6/8 groove as played by one of the major session guys for Blue Note Records in the early 60’s, Roger Humphries, here on the tune Mary Lou from Horace […]

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Billy Cobham with Horace Silver

  • May 5, 2011
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Here’s a fun clip of Billy Cobham playing Nutville with Horace Silver in 1968. And there’s Bennie Maupin on tenor. It’s awfully strange seeing Cobham playing a four piece. Tip-o-the-stick to Drum to Life for […]

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