More Philly

Listened to Sonny Rollins' Newk's Time and Miles Davis' Round About Midnight today. I'm living in the land of Philly Joe Jones and loving it!

I only managed half an hour of drums today. I was working on the Drum Legacy Two Bass Hit licks. Singing a standard (Bye Bye Blackbird) I played a chorus of time, A few choruses trading fours using the written examples from the Drum Legacy book, A chorus trading fours improvising in the style of Philly and then a chorus of drum solo in the style of Philly. I played at four tempos from 176-200.

I played a big band gig this evening with an early finish so I was back in home in time to do half an hour of piano - a quick run through all my pieces.