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. […]
Category: transcriptions
More Reggae lead-ins
Here’s a nice companion for my transcription of Sly Dunbar intros from his recordings with Serge Gainsbourg. These are some drum lead-ins from a weird little record by a 70’s London group called Creation Rebel, […]
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 […]
Now available: Book of the Blog 2011 – Vol. 1: Transcriptions
UPDATE: I’m keeping this at the top of the blog this week- scroll down for new stuff. OK, it took me longer than I had hoped to wrap this up, but it’s finally ready to […]
Groove o’ the day: Freddie Waits
This is a hip stick-and-brush thing Freddie Waits plays on the intro to If You Go Away, from Ray Bryant’s 1967 album Slow Freight. The regular note heads on the snare drum line are played […]
Transcription: Jon Christensen – Dansere
This goes out to my old friend Tim Willcox, who turned me on to this record- Jan Garbarek’s Dansere, with Jon Christensen on drums. Christensen is pretty important to the current thing going on in […]
Groove o’ the day: Airto’s samba in 3
Here’s a favorite piece of drumming by Airto, from Chick Corea’s Return to Forever album on ECM. I’d like to transcribe this entire track, but today I just have the primary grooves for you. The […]
Groove(s) o’ the day: Jocko Homo
Another curiosity for the groove o’ the day, and the first drum beat I ever learned: Jocko Homo by Devo. Drums by… I forget if it was Bob 1 or Bob 2 [UPDATE: Oh, it […]
All the grooves from Maggot Brain
Many of these are highly variable, so it may be presumptuous to declare that I’m giving you all the grooves from this record, but that’s the name of the series… I guess that’s what I […]
Groove o’ the day: Billy Cobham in 17/16
I present this just as a curiosity, because I’ve never encountered this meter anywhere before (maybe in a percussion ensemble piece?). But you can see how we usually deal with the odd #/16 meters; often […]
Transcription: three Philly Joe intros
Must do shorter, faster posts. That last one took way too many hours. Here: Get the pdf Get Dance of the Infidels | get Hank by Hank Mobley Get I’ll Never Smile Again | get […]
Transcription: one hour with Live Evil
This morning I sat down with one of my favorite pieces of music- Sivad, from Miles Davis’ Live Evil, with Jack Dejohnette on drums- to see what I could do with it in a reasonable […]