Here's a really nice 1978 recording of some 70s powerhouse bebop by Washington DC saxophonist Buck Hill. Wikipedia says about him: Hi...

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Teachers' item here. In working with various beginners, younger students, and hobbyists, you have to be flexible and creative in how you...

A combination groove o' the day and page o' coordination here. On MC by Andrew Hill, from his album Grass Roots, Freddie Waits pla...

Two very similar Latin grooves recorded by Art Blakey in 1960 and '61. On both of them the bell pattern has that little syncopated move ...

A couple of quotes from the pianist Ethan Iverson. From blog post Rhythmic Folklore : “Consecrated jazz drummers have less accurate t...

Posting lots of 50s stuff these days. Here is Max Roach playing on Infinity Promenade, from the Miles Davis Lighthouse All-Stars record, At...

Another tweak to the same basic method we used with the tweak I posted last week : right hand plays rhythm on cymbal + bass drum / left hand...

Developing an independence idea that has been happening spontaneously in my practicing— triplets alternating between the snare drum and bass...