Joffry

I was fortunate enough to have been able to do the transcriptions and work on John’s new book “The Master Drummer”. This new “expanded...

They serve different purposes. Reed has been my primary orientation for a long time-- I do way more with it than just the stuff in...

Thanks John. Excited for the new book.

Hi Joffry and OAO, I think both have value. Syncopation provides a type of needed drumming fitness work without any real connection to...

It seems like John Riley's Art of Bop Drumming/Beyond Bop drumming and the various ways to interpret syncopation (such as those found in...

There is a common sentiment I have heard when it comes to rudiments: "Everything you play is either a single stroke, double stroke...

Sorry , I’m not familiar with it but it looks interesting I know member Jonathan Curtis has written a book on a similar topic, I...

Anyone on here have experience with Skip's book "Broken Eighth note feel"? I haven't found a lot of information about it online, so I...

Up to this point I've used coated Evans G2 for everything from funk to rock to jazz (I would obviously tune the heads for the particular...

Well fast single strokes apply to many styles of music, not just basie shout choruses… I just like to have a musical context in mind...

I've been listening to a lot of Sonny Payne recently and his use of single strokes has captivated me. I am able to nearly reach his...

Art really expanded his vocabulary on that record. Freddie Hubbard says he sounds like that, in part, because he was bragging up Elvin...

Nice reply from Todd there as usual. Just to add, there's a little section on this in John Ramsay's book on Art Blakey - as well as...

Here's what he's doing on the intro at least, with the piano-- two-measure examples from the intro. It's sort of a rubadub thing...

I am having trouble understanding/hearing what Blakey is playing throughout this tune. I can tell its some sort of triplet vibe sort of...