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The Art of Modern Jazz Drumming Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Perry
Publisher: Drum Center Publications

For the modern drummer is that is written in jazz swing, but the licks are not swing. I Can't Get Started and Old Devil Moon are fine The late 70s saw Jones collaborate with altoist Art Pepper, under Jones' name (Very R.A.R.E., 1978) as well as under Pepper's name (The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions, 1977). Of course I have to have some African percussion, because it's what moves me. Modern Jazz Quartet vibes-player Milt Jackson often complained about having to play the band's distinctive jazz counterpoint, according to their bassist, Percy Heath. Following in the musical footsteps of Big Sid Catlett and Kenny Clarke, Roach - as a member of bands led by such notable talents as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie - further developed the art of modern jazz drumming. What the people are moving toward is what hip-hop is. In this 5-CD mid-period box set, the chord sequences and cadences are often Bach-like, but the improvising is pure bebop: Lewis and Jackson met in Dizzy Gillespie's big band, drummer Connie Kay worked with Miles and Lester Young, and Heath with Charlie Parker. The only thing about advanced tech. Rollins and Jones performed only with a bassist, and the lack of chordal accompaniment forever altered the scope of improvisational possibilities between the drummer and soloist in modern jazz. A mixture of wit and earnestness, of insight and leftfield references, hers is And of course I gotta have the bass and drum. I mean they are written that way but when you listen to them being played they sure dont sound like it Riley's "Art of Bop Drumming" would definitely be on the list, as would "Groove Essentials". Erykah Badu has mastered the modern art of giving interview. Do you think working with the philharmonic moves you closer to or further away from hip-hop?