Here’s the rest of that thing we were looking at the other day: Zigaboo Modeliste’s playing on The Mob, from the Meters album Look-ka Py Py. On the first and last A sections, he improvises […]
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Grooves o’ the day: all the grooves from Look-ka Py Py
Let’s do a whole record for the groove of the day— and a very famous one at that: Look-Ka Py Py, by The Meters. The drummer is Zigaboo Modeliste, the New Orleans funk legend. We’ve […]
Groove o’ the day: Zigaboo Modeliste — Keep On Marching
Here’s a funky Second Line groove from Zigaboo Modeliste, on the song Keep On Marching, from the Meters album Good Old Funky Music. Play the open hihat strongly— it helps if you have some pretty […]
Groove o’ the day: Jungle Man
Another Zigaboo Modeliste groove today, from Jungle Man on The Meters album Rejuvenation: Half-swing the 16th notes– listen to the track to hear the correct interpretation. YouTube audio after the break:
Groove o’ the day: Zigaboo Modeliste – People Say
Today’s groove o’ the day is Zigaboo Modeliste’s part from People Say, by The Meters: The 16ths are half-swung in the New Orleans style (“in between the cracks”, as Stanton Moore calls it). Listen to […]
Transcription: Zigaboo Modeliste – Good Old Funky Music
This is a permanent favorite of mine- Good Old Funky Music by the Meters, with Zigaboo Modeliste on drums. Not a single day goes by without me hearing this internally at some point. There is […]
Transcription: Zigaboo Modeliste – Stay Away
Another older transcription, Zigaboo Modeliste on Stay Away by the Meters. This one has a lot of fills. Get the pdf
Drum! Magazine piece – Inside “Cissy Strut”
This is an educational piece of mine, entitled Inside “Cissy Strut” And Beyond, which ran in the Nov. 2010 issue of Drum! magazine. After reviewing New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore’s book Groove Alchemy for Oregon […]