But no matter- playing the tune directly on the drums is fine (and necessary) but for me what's more useful as a player is the next step of seeing how anything at all interacts with any given tune. Playing through, say, the long exercises in Syncopation along with whatever tune I happen to be working on, it's a little weird how together they sound just by accident.
Tune/exercise list after the break:
IA:
1. “Giddy Up Napoleon”
2. “The Dixieland Band”
3. “Sweet Eloise”
4. “Louise”
IB:
1. “The Carioca”
2. “Hawaiian War Chant”
3. “Anthropology”
4. “Comin’ on with the Come-On”
IC:
1. “My Mama Done Told Me”
2. “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be”
3. “Old Man Rebop”
4. “Mop Mop”
ID:
1. An original tune by Chapin (never titled)
2. “Rusty Dusty Blues”
3. “Blue Goon”
IVA:
1. “Pretty Baby”
2. “Wake Up and Live”
3. An original by Chapin
IVB:
1. “Wee” aka “Allen’s Alley”
2. “Salt Peanuts”
3. “Shaw Nuff”
IVC:
1. “Life Goes to a Party”
2. “Billie’s Bounce”
IVD:
1. An original by Chapin
2. An original by Chapin
3. “Billie’s Bounce” (in double time)
Ed's note: [Chapin] lists IVC #2 and IVD #3 as "Now's the Time," but I double checked my copy of the book, and [...] they're both actually "Billie's Bounce." [He] must have gotten his Parker heads mixed up temporarily when they were interviewing him. Hopefully all the rest of them are correct."
2 comments:
Great stuff Todd. Does Max Roach come to mind?
Georges
This is fascinating. I knew about about "Billies Bounce" but not all the other source tunes. Thanks for the research.
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