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Monday, November 30, 2015

Wallace Roney: The Great Jazz Drummers

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Trumpeter Wallace Roney shares his thoughts about the great Jazz drummers: Here's the complete series: http://snapshotsfoundation.co...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Billy Martin Solo Drums

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A very musical set of solo drums/percussion offered by Billy Martin:
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Gigs...

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Just some shameless self-promotion for a few exciting upcoming projects I'm very proud to be a part of: ...
Monday, November 23, 2015

Rakalam Speaks

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Some playing, teaching and words of wisdom today from Rakalam Bob Moses:
Monday, November 16, 2015

The Monday Morning Paradiddle

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Thanks for checking in and thank you to all of those who contributed comments to my previous Stick Control posts this month....
Monday, November 9, 2015

Tootie on Brushes

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Just a quick, over-the-shoulder, brush demonstration today from Albert "Tootie" Heath:
Thursday, November 5, 2015

Stick Control Around the Drums: Part Deux

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Just a quick variation to my previous post which (hopefully) offered a simple way to develop some interesting patterns around the drum set u...
Monday, November 2, 2015

The Morning Gospel: Jamey Haddad

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If you've been following my blog you know that I'm generally a big fan of different combinations of drum + other instrument duets. ...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Stick Control Around The Drums

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I stumbled across this exercise yesterday while I was practicing and trying to think of interesting ways to split up...
Friday, October 23, 2015

Dan Weiss Plays Tristano

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I think this kind of creative ingenuity is brilliant and, if more people do this and try this sort of thing, will inevitably serve to expand...
Monday, October 19, 2015

Morgan Childs "On The Street of Dreams"

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I've really been enjoying Toronto Jazz drummer Morgan Childs' latest offering over the past few months, a ha...
Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Shirley Scott with Art Taylor

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Some seriously groovy and swinging music today featuring the great Art Taylor on drums with Shirley Scott on B3 Hammond Organ and Harold Vic...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Kenny Plays Yaiba

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I'm posting a little late this week but since I was out of town, better late than never I suppose. Anyways, here...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Ben Wendel & Jeff Ballard: The Seasons

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More excellent saxophone and drum duet action today from Ben Wendel, this time featuring Jeff Ballard in Wendel's excellent on-going ser...
Monday, September 28, 2015

The Monday Morning Paradiddle

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Alrighty, the week is off to a running start and here's the latest from our hard working Four on the Floor correspondents...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Conversations with Joe Lovano

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"When the Masters Speak, We Listen..." Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano is one of my favourite musicians. I first ...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Steve Maxwell on Tuning

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Steve Maxwell, a man who knows a thing or two about drums, offers some insights and his ideas about drum tuning:
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Ralph Peterson Jr. Solo

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From the 2015 Meinl Drum Festival, here's Ralph Peterson Jr. in a nice little solo spot: I really appr...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Jeff Hamilton on Brushes

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Another great lesson thanks to the kind folks over at the Jazz @ Lincoln Center's Jazz Academy. Here's the Master brush player Jeff ...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Ed Soph - Ride Cymbal Playing

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Here's a series of six lessons with UNT drum professor Ed Soph, brought to us by the fine people over at Zildjian, a...
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