A brief, but fascinating audio recording of Max Roach describing first-hand his unique drum beat on Bud Powell's composition Un Poco Loco:
And to get even deeper into Max's important and clever pattern, here is Quincy Davis' breakdown from his excellent and ongoing Q-Tip YouTube.com jazz drumming lesson series:
As always, when the Masters speak, we listen.
I remember Max talking in an interview about how he didn't think about stickings anymore, and that he used them to express whatever he felt in the music. This is a perfect example of that. It's Ted Warren btw…….
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