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Monday, January 29, 2018

Joe Morello: The Famous Cymbal

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A nice little documentary today (with some big names weighing in) on the legacy of Joe Morello: Furthermore, her...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Alvin Fielder & Steve Coleman: Charlie Parker Tribute (in the raw)

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And....we're back. Thanks to Chad Anderson who hipped me to this wonderful audio recording of the great Alvin Fi...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Roy Haynes: A Life in Time

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I'm taking a break for the next while so in the meantime here's a nice documentary on coolest and hippest man alive......
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Max Roach 1993

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Twenty five years ago today (January 1993), I met Max Roach at the IAJE Conference in San Antonio, Texas. I was only...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Cymbal Sounds of The Masters: The Legends

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Thanks to the kind people over at the Zildjian Cymbal Company, here's a brilliant piece of cymbal history to check ou...
Friday, January 5, 2018

Drum & Bass: Art Blakey and Paul Chambers

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Just a little something to leave you with before the weekend starts...
Monday, January 1, 2018

Happy 2018 with Joey Baron

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Happy New Year's! And what better way to ring in 2018 than with some inspiring solo drumming from Joey Baron: While Baron is certain...
Friday, December 29, 2017

Tim Mah's Top Canadian Jazz Albums of 2017

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Further to my last blog post, my good friend Tim Mah has once again offered yet another year-end list, this time fea...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Tim Mah's Top Jazz Picks of 2017

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My good friend Tim Mah has once again painstakingly and very generously put together his yearly list featuring his favo...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Elvin Jones Trio

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I've been enjoying these ones lately and would love to hear more of this trio incarnation (according to Discogs there are four volumes f...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Jimmy Wormworth

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When I was visiting New York City during the late 90s and early 2000s on a fairly frequent ba...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

When the Masters Speak...

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...we listen. These clips are all from a forthcoming documentary entitled Artists of Jazz. Check out this...
Monday, December 11, 2017

The Monday Morning Paradiddle

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And...we're back. Well, it's been a minute since our last column but here's an assortment of interesting items f...
Monday, December 4, 2017

Interview with Mickey Roker

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Thanks to Chad Anderson for sharing this series of interviews with many Jazz greats, brought to us by the Fillius Jazz Archive at Hamilton C...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Erskine Hi-Hat Lick

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Erskine hi-hat lick A post shared by Four on the Floor (@fouronthefloorblog) on Nov 29, 2017 at 6:54pm PST A simple but hip...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

Earl MacDonald: Open Borders

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Earl MacDonald is a wonderful Canadian Jazz pianist, composer and arranger, originally from Win...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Ben Riley

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Unfortunately I just heard that the great Ben Riley passed away this weekend at the age of 84. Not only was...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Interview with Max Roach

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From the same series of interviews as the Philly Joe Jones one from earlier this week, now here's Max Roach! Thanks again to Rochest...
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Saturday, November 11, 2017

Interview with Philly Joe Jones

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Alright. Just stop whatever you're doing and watch this. Right now. Thank you to Rochester's Mike Melito for finding this one!
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Friday, November 10, 2017

Left Hand 3-2 Rumba Clave Exercise

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Left Hand 3-2 Rumba Clave Exercise A post shared by Four on the Floor (@fouronthefloorblog) on Nov 10, 2017 at 2:08pm PST Th...
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