December 1982 – Volume 6 • Number 9
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Articles in December 1982
Drum Soloist - Elvin Jones: "Crisis"
From the album Ready For Freddie (Blue Note 84085), by Freddie Hubbard.
Shop Talk - Al Duffy
Al Duffy has been playing drums for forty-seven years. And that fact, perhaps more than any other, accounts for his singular reputation as a drum designer, craftsman and innovator. Now the key research and development source at Nashville's Pearl International—and…
Jazz Drummers Workshop - Studies in Style: Part 1
Philly Joe Jones The "perfect combination of Blakey's unquenchable fire, Catlett's melodiousness, and Roach's subtlety"—such is MD's description of Philly Joe Jones. Joe was all of the above, and more, on the 1958 album, Milestones, with Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley,…
Complete Percussionist - Chord Scales
In this article, I'll discuss the connection between chords and their chord scales.
Show And Studio - Notes On The Making Of Moving Pictures Part 1
Having been a regular reader of MD for the last couple of years, I've noticed most of the studio information has been for the
Rock Perspectives - Playing Simple
The following material is a presentation of some simple ideas I've developed for use with my private students.
Concepts - Art vs. Money
If you run your own business, at the end of the year you review profits and expenses.
Sheila Escovedo - A Natural Approach
Sheila Escovedo is striking and diminutive, and can spark a band with the flash of a smile or an outrageous, ingenious percussion lick. At the age of twenty-four, she has performed with Billy Cobham, George Duke, Alphonso Johnson, Azteca, Harvey…
Industry Insights - Drum Workshop's Don Lombardi
The name "Drum Workshop, Inc." is not exactly a household word among drummers. But those who play or have heard DW drums are prone to say, "They're built the way they built them in the good old days.'' Yet in…
Back Home With James Black
The first person to get me excited about James Black's drumming was Jaimoe Johanson. We were listening to records and Jaimoe asked me if I'd ever heard James Black. I said, "No. " He pulled out an old Riverside record…
John Densmore - Reflections
An interview never seems to translate perfectly on paper, and as hard as the journalist tries to paint a vivid picture of the subject, certain aspects are lost, or at best, dimmed. In the following interview with the Doors' John…
