Brubeck: Take Five

Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Adam.
Categories: drums, great drummers, jazz.

This is a classic that every drummer should study, featuring drummer Joe Morello. It’s not as easy as it sounds.


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2007 Grammy Jazz Winner: Some Skunk Funk

Posted on February 17th, 2007 by Adam.
Categories: classics, jazz.

Props to the Brecker Brothers, Peter Erskine, Jim Beard, Will Lee and Marcio Doctor for winning the Grammy for Best LargeJazz Ensemble Album. Here’s a taste:

Buy it here

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IGN’s Top 25 Jazz Albums

Posted on February 11th, 2007 by Adam.
Categories: classics, jazz.

Start here.

I don’t agree with all of them, but would have all of their top 5 in my top ten.

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Recording drums

Posted on February 9th, 2007 by Adam.
Categories: audio, rock.

Not bad, for recording drums on a budget. He has some good detail on mics and setup, too. For rock drums, it sounds pretty good. Not so sure it’d work as well for jazz, though.

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Fastest doesn’t equal best

Posted on February 8th, 2007 by Adam.
Categories: video.

The idea of being named the ‘fastest drummer’ doesn’t mean squat if it means playing with crummy technique and crappy sound. When you hear one of them say that at 40 seconds it starts to hurt, assume their technique sucks.

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