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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Claude Ranger

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I came across a couple of great websites that feature the legendary and enigmatic Canadian jazz drummer, Claude Ranger. Claude was originall...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Hunter S. Thompson on the Music Biz

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"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Drum Battle @ Maxwell's

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Well....its been waaaaay too long since my last post (!) but I've been on the road lately in the UK (still am for another week) but I wi...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Action Photos !

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photo courtesy of Tracy Kolenchuk And this one is of me playing with John Patitucci: And no, I don't play my ride cymbal like that, comp...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Tap

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People often ask me where "swing" comes from... Well, I'm pretty sure that these guys had something to do with it ! Unfortunat...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

What am I listening to these days? September 2009

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Here's some albums that have been making the playlist around the house these days: Ed Thigpen "Out of the Storm" Ed Thigpen - ...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Some Tony Williams...

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Here's an incredible drum solo from Tony Williams. There's not much footage of "early" Tony soloing (let alone on an exten...

A Love Supreme - Video Footage !

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I had no idea that this existed... Bob McLaren, Al McLean and jazz tenor players around the world are going to flip when they see this !!!

Caravan Drum Patterns

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My good friend and music educator Nick Fanner asked me about which drum patterns I like to use when playing the Duke Ellington/Juan Tizol tu...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra

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Last night took me to the Banff Centre for the Arts where I attended a concert featuring Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orch...
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

M'Boom

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Toronto jazz pianist and Star Trek aficionado Gerry Shatford sent me this great link that has some footage of the jazz percussion ensemble M...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Table Tennis = The Secret to Jazz ?

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Hmmmm..... Don't forget that Wayne Shorter wrote a tune called "PING PONG" on this album: And if you feel the need to catch Ne...
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Desiderata

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"Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be o...
Friday, September 4, 2009

Learn Your Rudiments !

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During some research I conducted for one of my DMA Jazz pedagogy seminars last year at the University of Toronto, I came across a disturbing...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

Tyshawn Sorey on playing "Free" music...

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Up-and-coming New York jazz drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey was recently interviewed in Modern Drummer magazine. Tyshawn is a musical for...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Charlie Parker

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Charlie Parker - my all time favorite jazz artist - would have been 89 years old today. Happy Birthday Bird ! Here's an excellent articl...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Louis Hayes

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This morning someone forwarded me this clip of the great Louis Hayes as featured with the Cannonball Adderly Quintet on the tune "Bohem...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Max Roach w/Milt Jackson and the Jazztet

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Stumbled across this nice surprise: My heroes Max Roach, Milt Jackson and Toots Thielemans sitting in with Benny Golson, Art Farmer and the ...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Philly Joe Jones - Brush Artistry

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