The Monday Morning Paradiddle

Welcome back and this is officially the very first Monday Morning Paradiddle column of 2018! Here's a vast assortment of random items to check out:

- Adam Nussbaum has new album out! (more on this one later...) Check out this feature from Downbeat Magazine on what promises to be a unique and interesting collection of music:

http://downbeat.com/news/detail/qa-with-adam-nussbaum-the-drum-thing

- Rudy Royston interviewed by Dave Douglas over at Greenleaf Music:

https://www.greenleafmusic.com/a-noise-from-the-deep-podcast-episode-16-rudy-royston/

- A podcast interview with Joe Farnsworth from The Bird's Basement:

http://www.buzzsprout.com/95092/511584-ep-3-interview-with-joe-farnsworth

- DrumGab offers interviews with Mark Kelso:

https://www.drumgab.com/single-post/2018/02/11/Episode-64-Mark-Kelso

...and Eric Harland:

https://www.drumgab.com/single-post/2018/01/14/Episode-60-Eric-Harland

- Todd Bishop from Cruiseship Drummer with a wonderful column on the legacy of Paul Motian:

http://www.cruiseshipdrummer.com/2018/01/key-players-paul-motian.html

- Ethan Iverson pens a wonderful piece on the not-talked-about-nearly-often-enough Donald Bailey:

https://ethaniverson.com/drums-and-cymbals-by-donald-bailey/

- No drums (!) but Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle offers his favourite bass solos:

https://ronanguil.blogspot.ca/2018/01/11-great-bass-solos.html

- From Drummer Nation, an interview with Michael Carvin:



- A sneak peek of an upcoming trio album featuring Brian Blade, Jeff Coffin and Chris Donahue:



- Marcus Gilmore goes for it with Chick Corea:




- What am I listening to these days?

Geof Bradfield "Birdsongs" - Dana Hall (drums)

Clark Sommers Trio "BaSH" - Dana Hall (drums)

Barry Elmes "Dog's Breakfast" - Barry Elmes (drums)

Phil Stewart "Melodious Drums" - Phil Stewart (drums)

Rodney Jordan "Playing Jazz, Volume 1" - Jason Marsalis (drums)

David Friesen "Four to Go" - Alan Jones (drums)

Nat Adderley "In the Bag" - James Black (drums)

Bud Powell "Off Minor" - Kenny Clarke (drums)


- And today's Final Word goes to Joseph Campbell with some sage advice for all those who are looking to get some practicing done:

"You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen." 

- Joseph Campbell