May 1982 - Volume 6 • Number 3 - Modern Drummer Magazine

May 1982 – Volume 6 • Number 3

Aynsley Dunbar, Neil Peart, Alex Acuna, Bobby Colomby, Derek Hess, Billy Cobham, Bill Bruford, Jake Hanna, Mel Lewis, Joe Morello

Articles in May 1982

Education

South Of The Border — Latin Rock Patterns

In this article I'll deal with a technique popularized by Steve Gadd, that incorporates Latin rhythms with contemporary drumset patterns. First, we'll look at the cowbell rhythm used most often by Steve, in comparison to the more frequently played cowbell…

by Rick Latham
Sep 15, 2017
Education

Rudimental Symposium — Scottish Pipe Band Rudiments

Basically the rudiments used in Pipe Band drumming are the same as the American 26, with a few very interesting variations. LONG ROLL All rolls are played closed or buzzed, although recently the open roll is being employed more. FIVE…

by Andy White
Sep 15, 2017
Education

Rock N Jazz Clinic - Linear Coordination: Part II

In Part I (April '82 MD), I defined linear coordination and demonstrated its importance as a drumming concept through systematic pattern combinations applied to the entire drumset. Linear coordination is a tasteful learning concept and the groundwork for dexterous coordination…

by Sal Sofia
Sep 15, 2017
Drum Soloist

Drum Soloist: Billy Cobham

Blues March   From the album: Montreaux Summit Vol. I

Transcribed by Bobby Cleall
Sep 15, 2017
Features

Bobby Colomby: Past And Present

  Many drummers have cited Bobby Colomby us one of the driving forces behind a new sound during the '60s. As a founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears, Colomby was indeed a significant contributor in the creation of that…

by Robyn Flans
Sep 15, 2017
Features

Derek Hess - Rossington Collins Band

Derek Hess plays drums with the Rossington Collins Band, a group made up of Lynyrd Skynyrd band members plus some new faces. Derek is one of those new faces, and we first met at a Rossington Collins concert in Holmdel,…

by Scott K. Fish
Sep 15, 2017
Features

Marty Morrell: Beyond The Glory

The night before I was to interview Marty Morrell, long-time drummer with the late jazz pianist Bill Evans, I sat up late in a downtown Toronto highrise listening to albums recorded in New York and Tokyo: Marty trading fours with…

by T. Bruce Wittet
Sep 15, 2017
Features

Alex Acuna - Transcending All Influences

Photo by Lissa Wales   At 37, L.A.-based Alex Acuna could honestly call himself—if he weren't so self effacing—one of the world's most versatile drummer/percussionists. Though most people know his mid-Seventies work with the globe-hopping Weather Report, many are unaware…

by Michael Rozek
Sep 15, 2017
Features

Aynsley Dunbar

Did you ever meet someone who speaks only when it matters? And who means everything he says? Aynsley Dunbar plays drums like that. Not content to fill a song with superfluous drum chatter, Aynsley strikes each note with the conviction…

by Rick Mattingly
Sep 15, 2017