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JOHN BLACKWELL
Technique, Grooving, and Showmanship - 2 DVD's
3 hours and 15 minutes of footage!
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Featuring the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 Performance with Matrix
With: Tom Coster, Baron Browne, and Bruce Bartlett.
Includes brilliant performance footage from the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 and studio footage that features Baron Browne.
John Blackwell, world-class groove master and drummer with Prince, offers his approach to developing the amazing technique he has become know for, including key exercises that he used as a student, and still uses today, demonstrations with bassist Baron Browne, performances with his great band, Matrix, and more. Segments include: Heroes and Influences, Practicing, Teachers, Building a Solo, Single-Hand Rolls, Single-Pedal Technique, Building a Groove, Shuffles and a detailed demonstration of his incredible Stick Twirling Technique. Included is footage of John’s entire performance at Modern Drummer Festival 2002 with Matrix, featuring Tom Coster (keyboards), Baron Browne (bass), and Bruce Bartlett (guitar).
Retail $ 39.95 plus shipping
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John Blackwell Jr., the sound, funk and fury behind Prince and the New Power Generation is a spectacle for the eyes and ears. Blackwell’s slamming tight grooves, popping snare and furiously flamboyant drumstick twirling and cross-arm strokes must be seen to be believed.
Blackwell, born in Columbia South Carolina, was raised in a very musical family. John’s father, John Sr., was a very well known professional drummer who performed with acts like The Drifters, The Spinners and Mary Wells. John Jr. got his first drumset at age 3 and was brought to many concerts that came through South Carolina by his father. While in high school, John was playing in the High School Jazz and Marching Band while performing every weekend with the R&B/Jazz/Fusion group, Robert Newton & Lotusfete as well as with Billy Eckstine.
In 1992 John chose to further pursue his drum studies by enrolling into Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. John kept himself extremely busy and created a strong buzz about him while performing as much as possible with many Jazz and R&B artists around Boston. John was also teaching students and performing drum clinics during his time away from college. John left Berklee in 1995 and landed the gig with legendary funk group Cameo who he played with for the next 3 years. In 1998 after his time with Cameo, John packed up and moved to Los Angeles, California. Blackwell was in LA for only 3 days when he landed the drum position for the legendary R&B Diva, Patti LaBelle. During this time John recorded for LaBelle’s Grammy Award winning CD, DVD and VHS, "Patti LaBelle-Live One Night Only".
2006 & 2007: On Tour with Justin Timberlake...
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Source: vater.com
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| performed with:
Prince
Justin Timberlake
P. Diddy
Haakon Graf & Graffiti
The New Power Generation
Billy Eckstine
Herman Johnson
Cameo
Patti Labelle
Robert Newton & Lotusfete
Utada Hikaru
...and many more
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2007
Modern Drummer
Readers Poll
Best Pop Drummer
No. 1
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