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Mel Lewis "Tiptoe"

From Consummation, by the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra. TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+ Drum Channel Subscribe Now…

by Chuck Kerrigan
Jan 18, 2018

Alan Dawson "Airegin"

  From the album Musique Du Bois By Phil Woods (Muse 5037)     TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+…

Transcribed by Tim Smith
Jan 10, 2018

Steve Gadd: Quartet #2

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Transcribed by Karl Sterling
Dec 18, 2017

Dannie Richmond: "Three Worlds of Drums"

From the album Me, Myself An Eye by Charles Mingus (Atlantic SD-8803).                 This transcription is from For The Record, a new book of drum solos by some of the world’s greatest drummers,…

Transcribed by David Wood
Dec 5, 2017

Graham Lear: "Head, Hands & Feet"

Graham Lear: “Head, Hands & Feet” From the album Moonflower by Santana (Columbia C2-34914) TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+…

Transcribed by Tim Smith
Nov 16, 2017

Chuck Flores "Es Tiempo"

“Es Tiempo” from the album Flores Azules (Dobre Records DR-1001)                   TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years…

Transcribed by Skip Shaffer
Nov 8, 2017
transcribed by Skip Shaffer
Oct 4, 2017

Drum Soloist: Billy Cobham

Blues March   From the album: Montreaux Summit Vol. I TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+ Drum Channel Subscribe Now…

Transcribed by Bobby Cleall
Sep 15, 2017

Drum Soloist: Jack DeJohnette "It's You Or No One"

  Album: She Wax Too Good To Me, Chet Baker CT1 6050 SI TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+ Drum…

by Chuck Kerrigan
Aug 2, 2017

Tokudo

Billy Hart - Tokudo TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+ Drum Channel Subscribe Now All Access (Print + Digital) USA…

Transcribed by Jean-Etienne Roch
Jun 19, 2017

Ed Blackwell — "Bemsha Swing"

Bemsha Swing TO READ THE FULL STORY: LOG IN Digital Access $4.99 /month or $49.99 /year SAVE 15% Digital Monthly Magazine 47 Years of Archives (500+ Issues) 40+ Drum Channel Subscribe Now All Access (Print + Digital) USA $14.99 /month…

Modern Drummer
Jun 8, 2017

Drum Soloist - Jo Jones -"Adlib"

This solo was transcribed from the album entitled, The Main Man—Jo Jones, recorded in November 1976, and released on the Pablo label. The solo is heard toward the end of "Adlib" which appears on side 1, cut 3. TO READ…

by Richard Egart
May 25, 2017

Drum Soloist - Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich Paul's Tune

by Chuck Kerrigan
May 10, 2017

Drum Soloist - Roy Haynes

Roy Haynes is one of the leading exponents of modern jazz drumming. His influence in the development of the progressive styles of the late forties and fifties was equal to that of Kenny Clarke, Max Roach and Art Blakey. TO…

Modern Drummer
Feb 23, 2017