Making Ride Patterns Easy
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010If there's one thing that makes a jazz drummer amazing, it's their approach to the ride patterns. Besides the basic swing beat, jazz drummers often alter the ride cymbal pattern to adjust for the tempo.
Jazz Play Along
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Playing along is one of the best things you can do to rapidly improve as a drummer. The act of imitating a sound that you desire is a really powerful tool in becoming a good drummer. Personally I think that the ...
Roy Haynes
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Right now i'm listening to the Roy Haynes Trio with Danillo Perez, and John Pattitucci. If you haven't heard this band, you are lacking a tremendous experience! Just now while listening I had an epiphany about Roy Haynes, especially about ...
Elvin Jones
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Although Elvin Jones has been a lot of people's most influential drummer, he had reached a level among master drummer where they no longer compete to be 'better' than anyone else. Its apples and oranges after a certain point with ...
