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Tommy Igoe has recorded with Lauryn Hill, Stanley Jordan, New York Voices, Blood Sweat and Tears, Dave Grusin, The Chieftains, Marc Mancina, Patti Austin, Mary Clayton, Darlene Love, Rita Coolidge and Dave Wilcox. After National, European and Asian tours with Art Garfunkel, he settled back into his New York life. Many know that he holds the Lion King drum chair but most don't know that he also is an assistant conductor as well! He plays sessions for recordings, film and TV all over New York, as well as in his private Music. In addition, he keeps a private teaching schedule as well as serving in the past as an adjunct professor to Rutgers University.
Tommy has been hard at work on his published materials for students and teachers. Starting with the most anticipated package first, the tracks from his debut album, drums removed, titled 'The New Ground Tracks.' "At my clinics," he says, "The first and last questions I get are 'can I get those tracks?', the answer used to be 'no', but now you can get the same tracks I play with."
2004: New DVD out: Groove Essentials
2005: New Book out: Groove Essentials PlayAlong.
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This DVD presents 47 essential grooves from Rock, Jazz and R&B/Funk to World/Ethnic music. Drum artist, teacher and author Tommy Igoe, demonstrates each pattern at the drums and also with a rhythm track, featuring some of NY'S top musicians. Mastering these patterns will greatly expand your knowledge while allowing you to become a more well-rounded player with the confidence to perform in virtually, any musical situation.
Styles include 8th-note, 16th-note and half-time Rock; Jazz waltz, shuffle and swing; R&B, Hip-Hop and Funk as well as World music styles, including Second Line, Reggae, Bossa Nova, Samba, Mambo, Cha-Cha, Bolero, and Tango. Tommy thoroughly explains each groove breaking each down to it's basic elements and performing each one with and without a live band rhythm track at two different tempos.
As a special bonus a free Groove Essentials poster (courtesy of Vic Firth drum sticks), is included, containing fully-notated examples of each groove.
Running Time: 3 Hours 40 Minutes. ENCODED FOR ALL REGIONS
Playable on any DVD player as well as any computer with a DVD ROM or DVD RAM drive.
• U.S. Retail $24.95 (£17.95) plus shipping
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GROOVE ESSENTIALS PLAY-ALONG
by Tommy Igoe
A Groove Encyclopedia for the 21st-Century Drummer!
Includes a CD in MP3 format!!
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Groove Essentials/The Play-Along offers a focused and interactive groove experience for drummers of every skill level with more than six hours of music! Including are professional charts, multiple tempos, groove variations and 88 separate tracks that explore all 47 grooves from the DVD. Additionally, you'll find three “Global Tour” tracks that are 15-minute journeys through all the grooves and feels you've learned.
• BEGINNING DRUMMERS will enjoy playing simple rock beats with a real band, giving them a chance to play the drums with good, solid time, utilizing 4-way coordination.
• INTERMEDIATE DRUMMERS will have a chance to tackle some syncopated 16th-notegrooves in the funk and R&B sections and also start playing good, swinging jazz.
• ADVANCED AND PROFESSIONAL DRUMMERS will find twenty challenging World grooves to master, as well as the opportunity to try an infinite number of different feels on jazz shuffles, jazz waltzes, and R&B tunes.
The CD features all of the rhythm tracks in MP3 format , so that they can be downloaded into your computer (Mac or PC) and moved to your iPod, or any portable MP3 player. The disc is also playable in all MP3-capable CD and DVD players.
U.S. Retail: $24.95 (£16.95) plus shipping
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performed with:
New York Voices
Lew Anderson Big Band
The Chieftains
Patti Dunham
Art Garfunkel
Marie Clayton
Lauryn Hill
Blood Sweat & Tears
Dave Grusin
Darlene Love
Rita Coolidge
Dave Wilcox
Stanley Jordan
Patty Austin
New Four Freshmen
New York Voices
Rosie O'Donell
Michael Zilber
Kim Nazarian
Darmon Meader
James Genus
Caprice Fox
Peter Eldridge
Jon Werking
Wyn Walshe
Dale Turk
Leo Traversa
Brent Stanton
Vinnie Riccitelli
Bill O'Connell
Joe Mosello
Romero Lubambo
Jeffrey Lesser
Randy Landau
Bruce Eidem
...and many more
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