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Legendary Legacies: Roy Haynes and Wayne Shorter
Last year saw the passing of jazz legend Roy Haynes at the age of 99! Truly a legend, if ever there was one, with a career that spanned almost all the great musicians and variations that is jazz. And in 2023, the greatest living jazz improviser and composer, Wayne Shorter also left us.
In interviews with Jon Batiste, both Haynes and Shorter divulge some of their musical histories and philosophies.
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Rate Changes with a three-beat triplet figure
In these exercises, we are taking a triplet three-beat figure and translating it into different rates - eighth-notes and sixteenth-notes.
Triplet comping figures seven-beat displacements
Displacing triplet figures by seven beats to create some interesting comping patterns for jazz drumming.
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Triplet comping figures five-beat displacements
Developing comping ideas for jazz drumming by displacing triplet figures by five beats.
Paraddidle Accent Rate Changes
Work on chops and rhythm by moving paradiddle accent patterns through three different rates.
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A website of jazz drumming transcriptions, ideas and exercises, that charts my investigation into drumming and jazz, and provides resources for other aspiring jazz drummers. Focusing more on the interpretation and accompaniment of music through comping and grooves, rather than just solos and soloing.