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		<title>Jazz Drumming Videos</title>
		<link>http://playjazzdrums.com/2010/02/24/jazz-drumming-videos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy this collection of jazz drumming videos!
Elvin Jones developing a solo over a melody.
Classic Roy Haynes material&#8230;
Roy Haynes with his group defying the limits of age!

Tony Williams plays a great &#8220;chang-a-lang&#8221;
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		<title>Making Ride Patterns Easy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there&#8217;s one thing that makes a jazz drummer amazing, it&#8217;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.

What&#8217;s the fastest you can play, and what&#8217;s keeping you from getting faster?
For me, the problem when I would play uptempo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Play Along</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing 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 best way to learn anything is to immerse yourself in it, and in this case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roy Haynes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now i&#8217;m listening to the Roy Haynes Trio with Danillo Perez, and John Pattitucci. If you haven&#8217;t heard this band, you are lacking a tremendous experience! Just now while listening I had an epiphany about Roy Haynes, especially about how he plays the ride cymbal!
Before I tell you my epiphany, I want to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elvin Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Elvin Jones has been a lot of people&#8217;s most influential drummer, he had reached a level among master drummer where they no longer compete to be &#8216;better&#8217; than anyone else. Its apples and oranges after a certain point with great musicians. Its like having a list of ice cream flavors that you love so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bossa Nova, Samba</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bossa Nova
From Brazil, this beat is similar to the common Latin Jazz beat, the Samba. The difference is in the ride cymbal pattern. The Bossa Nova has straight eighth notes on the bell, and the Samba is broken up into groups of three eighth notes. Since there is no break in the bell pattern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin Jazz &#8211; The Bembe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the many fascinating Latin styles of drumming is one that sticks out because of its time signature. Common to West Africa and Cuba, 6/8 time signature created the bembe tradition of drumming. This Afro-Cuban style was created from religious gatherings and ceremonies.
Although coming from a completely different culture, and from a different region in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brushes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lesson is devoted to one of the most rewarding areas of jazz drumming. A long time ago, the brushes were invented initially as a fly killing devise. I can’t even imagine the circumstances that led up to sweeping a flyswatter across a snare drum, but I’m not complaining. I’m glad someone found a better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riffing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fundamental elements of jazz is the riff. Most melodies in songs are composed around a basic rhythmic riff. Knowing the riff in any song should be a top priority for any drummer, because the riff is a melodic and rhythmic phrase that can be developed.
Drummers can create their own riffs, or rhythmic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jazz Ride Cymbal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like the ambusher defines how a horn player sounds, the ride cymbal, or more specifically how you play the basic jazz pattern, defines the sound of a jazz drummer.
What is the jazz ride cymbal pattern?


Now, if you were to play this back from your computer the rhythm would sound nothing like the jazz ride [...]]]></description>
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