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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Joe Farnsworth on Playing Ballads

Joe Farnsworth takes a moment to talk about and demonstrate an important topic that is all too often neglected in the realm of jazz drumming these days: how to play a ballad! 

In this video Joe takes us through several unique approaches to playing a ballad with a pair of brushes, inspired by the likes of Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins, Art Taylor, Albert Tootie Heath, Connie Kay and Max Roach:

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