We’ll be posting our favorite useful grooves in THE DRUMMER’S TOOLBOX. Our first one is still a mainstay after 50 years of recordings. The Amen break is a 6- to 7-second (4-bar) drum solo performed by Gregory Sylvester “G. C.” Coleman in the...
Very happy to announce that JAMBa’s OFF WHITE is on the 59th Grammy ballot! BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM. Thank you all and best to everyone who’s submitted this year! LISTEN...
There are some grooves, rhythmic patterns, that are such keys pieces in the language of drumming that we continually focus on their impact. Things that are constant reference points for me are Clyde Stubblefield’s “Cold Sweat”, David Garabaldi on...
Groovemaster Bernard Purdie Why can two drummers play exactly the same rhythm, both keeping good time, but one excites and grooves and the other sounds flat? The key is that the great drummers, the unique drummers play intentionally. What does that mean in practical...
