Elvis
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Apologies for breaking up the Tony conversation, just thought you guys'd like to listen to this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpttrD5vo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llpttrD5vo4
I saw them last year. Brian hit his drums so hard, his drum-tech had to readjust his floor tom twice. Wayne wanted to play the whole night, but the other band members had to almost carry him off stage. It was an awesome concert.Speaking of...
Last night, I got to witness the great Wayne Shorter Quartet. I'm not a spiritual man, but it was a spiritual experience. Wayne can really still play. And I have to admit, I got a little freaked out by being in the presence of one of my all-time heroes.
Brian Blade is a master. I don't think I have ever seen a drummer more in-the-moment and in such a sustained state of pure rapture. The empathy between the band members is astounding. I think this is one of the finest improvisational groups around. They are definitely not resting on their laurels.
I can't recommend seeing this group strongly enough. They received multiple standing ovations from an appreciative audience. A really great night I got to share with my daughter.
It's weird checking in here and seeing the last post was from me over a year ago.
They've announced the 2016 lineup for the Detroit Jazz Festival. And it's a good one.
Any local cats planning to check it out later this year? If so, hit me up via PM and maybe we can connect. I pretty much live there for the duration of Labor Day weekend.
http://www.freep.com/story/entertai...jazz-fest-announces-more-headliners/83154286/
It's weird checking in here and seeing the last post was from me over a year ago.
They've announced the 2016 lineup for the Detroit Jazz Festival. And it's a good one.
Any local cats planning to check it out later this year? If so, hit me up via PM and maybe we can connect. I pretty much live there for the duration of Labor Day weekend.
http://www.freep.com/story/entertai...jazz-fest-announces-more-headliners/83154286/
So a month later... cool, Spleen!
Anyway, I dug out this old classic that I haven't listened to for a while. It's on the "out" side for sure, which I dig.
Hi, I understand you are making a thread with the Jazz guys on the site.
My name is Alex Sanguinetti, I¨m a drummer and drum teacher from Valencia, Spain
Here a VIDEO of mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t0XzNlIdu8
Best regards to all!
Alex Sanguinetti
...just came across this thread...
...hi alex, nice playing/drums/cymbals...if you don't mind, what type of ride are you using on your right (on your home page video feed)?...k istanbul?...weight?...stamp type?...sounds a bit like cobb's ride on kind of blue (at least to me)...thanks...
Thank you fo the nice words!
THAT ONE is an old Sabian, 20 inches, all my cymbals are under 2000 grams. Has plenty tape. The one I use more often is 20 Manhathan Ride HHX (1900 g).
Best regards!
Much of Ornette's earlier stuff, including this record, is what some now call "free bop"-- by which they usually mean bebop without normal form and harmonic structure. Most of what the drummers play is more or less normal bebop vocabulary, but since the music doesn't always adhere to the usual phrase lengths, and they're not soloing over the form of the tune, the drum stuff functions somewhat differently.
If you listen to Sunny Murray with Albert Ayler, or John Coltrane's Interstellar Space, or some of Paul Motian's playing, you'll hear another way of playing free, which doesn't have the time stated directly-- it's more textural, and the time is more of a zone than an exact pulse. There's a David Murray/Milford Graves duo record you might also look up on youtube.
As far as learning to do it and getting better at it, there's really no way to practice this kind of thing-- you have to do it. Since it is supposed to be free jazz, maybe you have some freedom to try some things, and see what works for you-- you don't have to stay totally within bebop vocabulary. Put the emphasis on listening to the people you're playing with rather than listening to yourself or figuring out what you're going to play.