...for the jazz cats ...

I like using a paradiddle-diddle this way.......this guys video is not great quality....but a great use of the rudiment .....very affective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeCthax42Wc&feature=related

paradiddle-diddle comes up a lot in jazz for me......for instance as an uptempo comp....putting it between the ride cymbal and snare drum .....starting it on 2 as Elvin often would


and I must check out that recording..

Jake Hanna was such a beast
That was a pretty cool video, but I think if it were me, I'd alternate - eithe tom or bass, but not both in the same figure.
So maybe - RLRRLTT, RLRRLFT, RLRRLB - something like that.
Spreads it out a little more and keeps it from being too much or too busy.
mix in a few cymbal hits on that last beat and it keeps it from being too "rudimentary".
...jmho.


Elvis

P.S. - I'm sure that guy was fairly limited on his recording equipment, but if he ever makes another vid like that again, he needs to SPEAK UP! I could barely hear him, even with my speakers cranked.
 
You are definately in for a treat, my friend.
...and thanks for posting that great vid.

...currently listening to a real classic...

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Great album!




Elvis
 
+1

JimmyK put me on to this magical solo by Herlin R http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFvgCtomkqE

That groove he gets into is one of my favourite things.

Great solo and great band, I have always loved Herlin's playing with Wynton. So much command, clarity, and musicality! I feel like most of the Wynton-bashing I have heard is centered on non-music issues. I just love listening to his music, and I don't really care so much about the other stuff.
 
check out the video when you get home 8.....real nice use of the paradiddle-diddle

it's nothing completely ground breaking ...but still really nice

it's just putting the last left on your foot and putting the 6 note phrase in a 16th note subdivision so it gives an over the barline feel

Just watched it. Yes, that's very cool, G. Not a sticking I would have thought to use in that fashion.
 
More like, cats don't build themselves to be like Papa Jo anymore.
It's a different world now, my friend.
 
One of my all-time heroes is Larry Bunker.
A stalwart of the LA studio scene beginning in the 1950's, Bunker was always a first-call musician.
If there was ever anyone that would make me say, "I wish I could play like that guy", Larry Bunker would be that guy.
This clip is from a tv show that aired in the early 60's ("Jazz Scene USA"), and features Larry playing with coronetist Shorty Rogers.
Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxqMl7U6Tyc



Elvis
 
One of my all-time heroes is Larry Bunker.
A stalwart of the LA studio scene beginning in the 1950's, Bunker was always a first-call musician.
If there was ever anyone that would make me say, "I wish I could play like that guy", Larry Bunker would be that guy.
This clip is from a tv show that aired in the early 60's ("Jazz Scene USA"), and features Larry playing with coronetist Shorty Rogers.
Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxqMl7U6Tyc



Elvis

love Bunker

never saw this clip

thanks for sharing

he sure makes those Luddys sound sweet huh?

great stuff
 
Thanks GV.
He does make those drums sound nice.
...of course, those are (I suppose) '62 Ludwig's, too.
That was the holy grail year for those drums for many years.
Something "magical" about the drums made that year, that wasn't present in drums made during subsiquent years.
Hal Blaine recorded a lot of the hits he was a part of, on his own set of '62 Ludwig's.
Literally, the sound of a generation.


Elvis
P.S. - Couldn't help but notice the pic of the Gretsch badge in your sig. I take it, you're a fan. Here's the great Tom Lonardo doing his thing on a Gretsch Custom bop kit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzObA1H5NQI&feature=relmfu
 
There he is!
THAT'S the Dave Weckl I remember! =)
I wish someone would post the gig Weckl did with Jose Feliciano on the Charles Grodin Show back in the mid-90's, on Youtube.
That was something very special that night.



Elvis
 
Weckl and Gadd are two drummers who don't really play jazz like a jazz drummer would, but sound great playing it anyway.

I was very deep into Weckl around that time. When I first heard Got A Match off the first Elektric Band record, I flipped out. I immediately drove to my drummer friend's house and made him listen to it.
 
True, 8 mile.
Both are probably best known as session players, although the thought of Weckl usually brings to mind the phrase, "white boy phunk".
Still, to be a top notch session player (actually, a musician, in general) you should be adept at a wide variety of musical styles, Jazz included.
True "chameleons" of the industry.
...and speaking of Steve Gadd...
Not sure if you're old enough to remember the 70's (and it's ok if you're not), but Gadd teamed up with some top notch players back then and formed a band called "Stuff".
One of the better "forgotten" bands of the period.
If you're unaware, check 'em out - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl3mf1_steve-gadd-s-stuff-live-at-montreux-1976_music



Elvis
 
I'm not quite a Gadd completist, but pretty close. I'm well acquainted with Stuff. I had seen bits of that concert scattered on YouTube but never the full clip in your link. Thanks!
 
Your welcome, 8 mile.

...and now, for your listening pleasure, a delightful little ditty that had many people puzzled for years, as to the name of the song and the artist who played it.
Myself, I thought it was Art Tatum.
Turns out, it was written by a guy named Robert Miller and it was only written for this commercial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDmBLF4-PzA
Wish he'd expand it into a full song and include it on an album, but I've heard he has no interest in doing so.


Elvis
 
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