A selection of grooves played by Max Roach on the Miles Davis album At Last!— a live recording made at The Lighthouse in LA in 1953, and released thirty years later. Max here has been […]
Category: rhumba
Groove o’ the day: Rhumba
The Rhumba was a North American Latin style popularized in the 1930s by people like Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado, which has continued to hang around in the repertoire of jazz groups. There are also […]
Groove o’ the day: Al Jackson, Jr. — Crosscut Saw
Here’s a sort of a blues rhumba groove by Al Jackson, Jr.. The song is Crosscut Saw, from Albert King’s classic album, Born Under A Bad Sign. Play the housetop accents as rim shots. Use […]