2021 UPDATE: See my new listening guide for this track. Here’s the third of four big-deal transcriptions I have lined up for the fund raiser. I was going to save this for next week, but […]
Category: practice loops
Page o’ coordination: Ahmad’s vamp
Something to go with yesterday’s practice loop, with some hihat splashes with the left foot. It’s nice and slow, but the track pushes and pulls a little bit, so the timing might be a little challenging […]
Practice loop: Crazy He Calls Me
This is another sampled practice loop I’ve been using for a long time, good for your triplety jazz materials. It’s four measures long, from the intro of Crazy He Calls Me, played by Ahmad Jamal, […]
Practice loop: basic cascara
Here’s a little non-traditional Latin jazz practice loop, sampled from the intro of the tune Mi Montuno, from the Bamboleate, by Eddie Palmieri/Cal Tjader. There are a couple of caveats about it, but it’s not […]
Practice loop: Eddie Palmieri 6/8
Here’s a loop of an Afro 6/8 groove which I’ve been getting a lot of mileage out of, lately. It’s a couple of measures of Pancho’s Seis Por Ocho, from Bamboleate Eddie Palmieri/Cal Tjader. The […]