Clint Hopkins wrote:

Gavin Harrison wrote:

filling in the holes of the vocalist

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that !!

Ha ha! Make that vocals! With the week I've had, I'm leaving that alone just to revisit and have a laugh.

I think this wins best HoD quote ever!

mmm, love those press rolls around 1:47. super tasty.

Tom Reschke wrote:Esperanza Spalding winning best new artist makes me very happy. Take that, Bieber!

one small victory for humanity, one huge step forward for jazz!

The Paradiddle diddle lick was designed for folks with weak left hands haha,, and slow feet,,.. None of these foot doubles or LL's haha I've always had trouble with things like your version and Gadd's Ratamacue thing.. RlrrlK is the lazy mans way to sound impressive haha... Loved that fill Cliff di...

thanks for posting! i almost do the exact same thing, with the little triplet extensions and all, except: RLRLLF. you can use that sticking to get some accents in on that third partial. i should work switching it up with the paradiddle diddle. different textures, and you could probably can get A LOT...

Yes - this forum has an overall negative vibe for sure - used to not be this way - times are tough though. Wow, I really haven't felt that, I must admit. And I haven't even posted a video of Virg lately! ( JUST KIDDING! ) Anywho, I am hooked on 'Dexter', and loved 'Mad Men' and 'The Wire' to the po...

Dude, seriously, outside of the instrumental Jazz world, nothing comes close to the Dan. It's just untouchable. I also agree Ersko was the better fit. Third World Man on the live disc is so sick. The tempo is even slower than the album but Ersko makes it work so deliciously well. That said, as a Dan...

Guy's full of himself. A letter full of philosophical contradictions and written at about a low high school level. Talking about originality like that is absurd, as if jazz music was the first music ever, didn't have it's own roots and wasn't copying previous musical ideas. I got two words for Mr. ...

Woooo-eeeeeeeee that is some interesting material.

God, I love her playing...so energetic. Yeah she sounds like Tony sometimes, but I don't think she is a clone. I mean, she's playing in Tony tribute band for god sake....who do you want? Donati in there?? lol you're right but if there ever was a clone, it's cindy. i'm pretty sure she talks openly a...