Let’s see how many of these I can do in coming weeks; I’ve always loved the way Frankie Dunlop plays the heads on the Thelonious Monk records, so here’s Hackensack, from the album Criss Cross: […]
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The Kenny Note
As I was listening to the Kenny Clarke record Detroit Jazzmen it jumped out at me that Clarke really favors comping with the snare drum on the & of 1 and/or 3: Get the pdf […]
Transcription: Blue Seven
UPDATE: PDF link working now! I can’t believe I’ve never transcribed this one before. This is a very famous drum solo by Max Roach, on the tune Blue Seven from the album Saxophone Colossus by […]
Rock in 5/4: Water by PJ Harvey
Here’s a song I was working on with one of my students which happens to be timely since it’s in 5/4— Water, by PJ Harvey, with a great pop drumming performance by Robert Ellis. What […]
Groove o’ the day: On the Corner
Today we’ve got Jack Dejohnette’s James Brown-like groove on Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X from Miles Davis’ On The Corner: There’s an overdubbed part by Al Foster that’s more forward in the mix, so it’s a […]
Transcription: Elvin Jones – Your Lady
Lately I keep doing the bulk of the hard work on these things, only to run out of steam in the last 12 bars, but David in the comments was able to shame me into […]
Transcription: intro by Art Taylor
This is Art Taylor’s 8-measure intro from the tune Jackie-ing, from Thelonious Monk’s 5×5. I’m working on a long, challenging Joey Baron transcription and needed a little palate-cleanser, that’s all… What he plays doesn’t seem […]
Transcription: Elvin Jones – Out of this World
Here’s another example of Elvin Jones’ “afro-waltz”– as I keep calling it- from the intro of the tune Out of this World, from the John Coltrane album Coltrane: The dotted-8th/16th rhythm you see a couple […]
Transcription: Paul Motian – Israel
UPDATE: Download link working now. Here are a couple of famous drum breaks by Paul Motian, from Israel, a 12 bar tune on Bill Evans’ Explorations; Motian and Evans trade choruses before the head out. […]
That was fast
I received my Book of the Blog order yesterday- remarkably fast turnaround from “thing on my computer” to “real paper book”, considering I only completed it and placed my order on Monday. Lulu.com makes a […]