Phew, long post here, but the topic merits it. Let's listen to the Miles Davis record Sorcerer, with his famous 60s quintet including Wa...

“The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for.” - Robert Henri, The Art Spirit

Part 3 of Roy Haynes playing Bad News Blues on his record Cracklin'. Booker Ervin's tenor solo includes a chorus of stop time, two c...

I guess you could do this with Reed— or just practice the page below by itself and start using it. NOTE: After completing this post, I see ...

Page of rudimental patterns in 5/8, based on a flam accent #1 . We've just extended it a couple of notes. You could connect some of thes...

Simple system for working on singles, that I worked up with a student who plays a lot of Metal. I don't know anything about Metal drummi...

It took me awhile to get around to watching the Paul Motian documentary Motian In Motion— it's great, here it is if you haven't seen...

Going one further with  that last Reed tweak in 3/4 , in which we played alternating triplets, beginning every measure with the right hand. ...