It’s been a lot longer than I planned on between journal entries. The summer has flown by, partially thanks to an incredible trip to Italy.
I’m working on some new podcast episodes and am planning to be back here posting at least once every couple of weeks.
Here are some things from the last few weeks.
Ron Fink – Chop Busters
I got this recently and honestly can’t remember where I heard about it. It’s a snare book of individual technique exercises and it’s become my morning warm-up this summer. Very fun and just challenging enough.
Chop Busters at Steve Weiss Music
New Philly Joe Jones videos!
Billy Drummond shared these two recently and they’re incredible. It’s always great to see new footage of him.
The Pace Report – Jeff “Tain” Watts
The Pace Report has been showing up in my YouTube feed lately. Brian Pace has been doing these interviews out of Harlem for years and there’s a deep archive there. This new one with Tain is great.
Kweku Sumbry
Kweku has quickly become one of my favorite drummers. I mostly know him through his work with Immanuel Wilkins (check out the live albums from the Village Vanguard), but here’s a concert he played with Charles Lloyd. There are two incredibly musical drum solos. The first is at 47:26 and the second at 67:57.
Bonus: Go-Go
I’ve been going down a go-go rabbit hole lately and this video is mesmerizing. I first heard about go-go from some D.C. drummers when I was at Berklee in the 90s.
Have a great weekend.
