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Sunday, March 17, 2024
Elvinized Mozambique
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An item I was working out with a student— making an Elvin Jones-like Latin groove/texture out of a Mozambique rhythm , for medium tempos, wi...
Monday, March 11, 2024
Building a hybrid Reed interpretation
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A short item— that's all I have time for lately: some hybrid Syncopation-based systems are brewing, where we do one basic thing, and al...
Saturday, March 09, 2024
Very occasional quote of the day: no such thing as better
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“We have only to fight as well as the men who stayed and fought at Shiloh. It is not necessary that we should fight better. There can be no ...
Monday, March 04, 2024
Daily best music in the world: four by Steve Gadd
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Taking a moment to dispel a totally absurd impression of Steve Gadd that has somehow formed in recent years: that he is some kind of conserv...
Friday, March 01, 2024
Stewart Copeland interview
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New interview with Rick Beato talking to Stewart Copeland, that is quite entertaining— he's an entertaining guy talking about things he ...
Monday, February 26, 2024
15th anniversary at Revival Drum Shop
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I had a nice time hanging out at Portland's Revival Drum Shop last night— an excellent, unique drum shop featuring mostly vintage gear,...
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Ruffs, drags, and general correctness in snare drumming
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The correct way to play ruffs (or drags if you prefer) on the snare drum is an extremely attractive topic for repeated, endless debate. Evi...
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
Groove o' the day: Elvin waltz by Kenny Washington
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Here's Kenny Washington playing an Elvin Jones-type of waltz groove on Simple Waltz, on Clark Terry's 1991 record Live at the Villag...
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CYMBALISTIC: Oh, what the heck...
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UPDATE: Bumping this to the top of the blog. CYMBALISTIC: Oh, what the heck, business has been a little slow lately, so let's goose thi...
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